Dorothy Vaughan (1910 – 2008)

Dorothy Vaughan (1910 – 2008)

MERIDY VOLZ

Regular price $300.00 Sale

An American mathematician and human computer who worked for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), and NASA, at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. In 1949, she became acting supervisor of the West Area Computers, the first African-American woman to receive a promotion and supervise a group of staff at the center.

Oil Pastel on Paper
18 W x 24 H
BLM Series
C. 2020

This drawings is part of my BLM series honoring the great black artist who have contributed so greatly to our culture.
Proceeds go to Senatorial fight in Georgia fund.