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Annie Easley
Annie Jean Easley was an African American computer scientist who contributed significantly to the beginning iterations of NASA's rocket technologies.
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science · American mathematician and rocket scientist · mathematician · computer scientist · engineer · also Annie Easley, Annie J. Easley, Annie Jean Easley, Easley
Born 23 April 1932 · Died 25 June 2011 · Q11586
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2011· 1 entry
Died 2011-06-25.
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1989· 2 entries
Leaving behind a legacy of resilience, innovation, and quiet leadership that helped expand the boundaries of who could contribute to scientific advancement at the nation’s space agency
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Remained an active participant in the Speaker's Bureau and the Business & Professional Women's Foundation
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1977· 1 entry
Obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Cleveland State University
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1955· 1 entry
Doing computations for researchers by hand
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1954· 2 entries
Annie Easley married a man who was in the military
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In 1954, Annie Easley married a man who was in the military.
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1950· 1 entry
Easley enrolled in classes at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, an African-American Catholic university, and majored in pharmacy for about two years
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1945· 1 entry
To vote but was subjected to the poll tax
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1933· 1 entry
In Birmingham, Alabama, and was raised by a single mother
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1932· 1 entry
Born 1932-04-23.
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