Friday marked what would have been the 100th birthday of the late Mary Jackson, the first African American female engineer at NASA. Students in Salt Lake City who attend Mary W. Jackson Elementary ...

NASA will name its Washington, D.C., headquarters after Mary W. Jackson, the first black woman engineer at the agency, NASA announced Wednesday, as leaders across the country reexamine which ...

Mary Jackson had a successful career from "human computer" to NASA's first African-American female engineer, and subsequent career supporting the hiring and promotion of other deserving female and ...

Earlier this week, NASA announced that it is renaming its headquarters building in Washington D.C. after Mary W. Jackson, the space agency’s first black female engineer. “Jackson started her NASA ...

Mathematician Mary Jackson, the first black woman engineer at NASA at work at NASA Langley Research Center in 1977 in Hampton, Virginia. Getty Images NASA announced Wednesday that the organization’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about female entrepreneurs in healthcare. Jackson’s name adorning the federal building shows acknowledgment for her ...

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Bryan Jackson, grandson of Mary W. Jackson, left, and Raymond Lewis, son-in-law of Mary W. Jackson, right, unveil the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters sign during a ceremony officially naming the ...

Jackson Elementary School in Salt Lake City will keep its name but change its namesake. Jackson Elementary will no longer be named for Andrew Jackson, the U.S. president who owned slaves and ordered ...