Education, Skills and Learning

Katherine Johnson and 9 other women written out of the history books

U.S. President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to NASA mathematician Katherine G. Johnson during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington November 24, 2015. Johnson is a pioneer in American space history. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - GF20000072843

2016 film 'Hidden Figures' highlighted pioneering women whose work had been forgotten, uncredited or stolen. Image: REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Sonia Elks
Journalist, Reuters
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NASA research mathematician Katherine Johnson is photographed at her desk at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, U.S., in this image from 1966. NASA/Handout via REUTERS  ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1A0538BB40
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