What is Mary Jackson?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Mary Jackson | death_place = Hampton, Virginia, U.S. | spouse = {{marriage|Levi Jackson, Sr.|1944}} | alma_mater = [[Hampton Institute]] | workplaces = [[NASA]] | nationality = | field = [[Aerospace engineering]], [[mathematics]] | resting_place = Bethel AME Church Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia | death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|2|11|1921|4|9}} | image = Mary Jackson 1979 Portrait (LRC-1979-B701 P-07085).jpg | birth_place = [[Hampton, Virginia]], U.S. | birth_date = {{birth date|1921|4|09}} | birth_name = Mary Winston | alt = Mary Jackson portrait | caption = Mary Jackson in 1979 | image_size = | children = 2 }}'''Mary Jackson''' (née '''Winston'''; April 9, 1921 – February 11, 2005) was an American [[mathematician]] and aerospace engineer. She worked for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. She also worked for the organization that was there before NASA was founded in 1958. In 1951, she started at National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). At first, she was a computer, a person doing advanced scientific calculations. She took advanced engineering classes and, in 1958, became NASA's first black female engineer. Today, she is known as an important figure in what is known as the [[Space Race]]. ==Life== After 34 years at NASA, Jackson had earned the most senior engineering title available. She realized she could not earn further promotions without becoming a supervisor. She accepted a demotion to become a manager of both the Federal Women's Program, in the NASA Office of Equal Opportunity Programs and of the Affirmative Action Program. In this role, she worked to influence the hiring and promotion of women in NASA's science, engineering, and mathematics careers. In 2016, the book ''Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race'' was written, about her life. The book was also made into a movie, released the same year. In 2019, Jackson was p