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 ...

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 ...

Though they differ in background and medium, Mary Whyte and Mary Jackson have more in common than just their first name. They are two of the most accomplished visual artists in the area. “There are ...

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 ...

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 ...

A ceremony Friday paid tribute to NASA's first Black woman engineer. NASA officially named its headquarters in the nation's capital after Mary W. Jackson, the agency's first Black woman engineer, with ...

Jackson Elementary School in Salt Lake City will keep its name, but change its namesake. It will no longer be named for President Andrew Jackson, but Mary Jackson, NASA's first black female engineer.

She was NASA's first Black female engineer. Mary W. Jackson was once a "hidden figure" at NASA, but now her name will grace the agency's office in the nation's capital. NASA announced on Wednesday ...

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, who died in 2005, was portrayed by Janelle Monáe in the 2016 movie Hidden Figures NASA plans to immortalize Mary W. Jackson, one of its trailblazing alums portrayed in the hit film Hidden ...

The 2016 movie Hidden Figures, based on Margot Lee Shetterly’s book, told the incredible true story of three Black women who helped put American astronauts in space. One of those extraordinary ...

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 ...