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Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: ...internalized the Negro theorem of needing to be twice as good to get half as far.

...internalized the Negro theorem of needing to be twice as good to get half as far.

Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: Many times, when children enter school they shun mathematics and science during the years when they should be learning the basics.

Many times, when children enter school they shun mathematics and science during the years when they should be learning the basics.

Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: There was virtually no aspect of twentieth-century defense technology that had not been touched by the hands and minds of female mathematicians.

There was virtually no aspect of twentieth-century defense technology that had not been touched by the hands and minds of female mathematicians.

Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: Virginia, a state with one of the highest concentrations of scientific talent in the world, led the nation in denying education to its youth.

Virginia, a state with one of the highest concentrations of scientific talent in the world, led the nation in denying education to its youth.

Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: War, technology, and social progress; it seemed that the second two always came with the first. The NACA's work - more intense and

War, technology, and social progress; it seemed that the second two always came with the first. The NACA's work - more intense and

Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: Is the kind of America I know worth defending?

Is the kind of America I know worth defending?

Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: each of us should be allowed to rise as far as our talent and hard work can take us. The

each of us should be allowed to rise as far as our talent and hard work can take us. The

Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: For Mary Jackson, life was a long process of raising one's expectations.

For Mary Jackson, life was a long process of raising one's expectations.

Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: At fifty years old and many years into her second career, she reinvented herself as a computer programmer.

At fifty years old and many years into her second career, she reinvented herself as a computer programmer.

Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: West Virgina never left Katherine's heart, but Virginia was her destiny.

West Virgina never left Katherine's heart, but Virginia was her destiny.

Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: Future generations would take the advances for granted

Future generations would take the advances for granted

Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: So many ways to screw the pooch, and just one staggeringly complex, scrupulously modeled, endlessly rehearsed, indefatigably tested way to succeed.

So many ways to screw the pooch, and just one staggeringly complex, scrupulously modeled, endlessly rehearsed, indefatigably tested way to succeed.

Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: At the beginning of a decade when everything was beginning to seem possible, nothing seemed impossible.

At the beginning of a decade when everything was beginning to seem possible, nothing seemed impossible.

Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: she knew, the most important battles for dignity, pride, and progress were fought with the simplest of actions. It

she knew, the most important battles for dignity, pride, and progress were fought with the simplest of actions. It

Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: a lifetime of stories

a lifetime of stories

Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: Women, on the other hand, had to wield their intellects like a scythe, hacking away against the stubborn underbrush of low expectations.

Women, on the other hand, had to wield their intellects like a scythe, hacking away against the stubborn underbrush of low expectations.

Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: black people frequently disqualified themselves even without the WHITES ONLY sign in view

black people frequently disqualified themselves even without the WHITES ONLY sign in view

Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: As a child, however, I knew so many African Americans working in science, math, and engineering that I thought that's just what black folks did. My

As a child, however, I knew so many African Americans working in science, math, and engineering that I thought that's just what black folks did. My

Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: Insatiably curious about the world.

Insatiably curious about the world.

Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: Katherine Johnson knew: once you took the first step, anything was possible.

Katherine Johnson knew: once you took the first step, anything was possible.

Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: It was the engineer who determined what problems to investigate, designed the experiments, and defined the assignments for the mathematicians.

It was the engineer who determined what problems to investigate, designed the experiments, and defined the assignments for the mathematicians.

Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: Sometimes, she knew, the most important battles for dignity, pride, and progress were fought with the simplest of actions.

Sometimes, she knew, the most important battles for dignity, pride, and progress were fought with the simplest of actions.

Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Langley Research Center. I rode shotgun in our 1970s Pontiac,

the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Langley Research Center. I rode shotgun in our 1970s Pontiac,

Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: Surely she had never traveled a greater emotional distance

Surely she had never traveled a greater emotional distance

Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: She has been standing in the future for years, waiting for the rest of us to catch up. But

She has been standing in the future for years, waiting for the rest of us to catch up. But

Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: I changed what I could, and what I couldn't, I endured.

I changed what I could, and what I couldn't, I endured.

Margot Lee Shetterly quotes: She always kept up the questioning until she received a satisfactory answer.

She always kept up the questioning until she received a satisfactory answer.