{"id":96906,"date":"2022-03-08T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-477833"},"modified":"2024-03-13T11:41:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T15:41:29","slug":"nasa-glenn-history-includes-contributions-of-women-in-aerospace-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/nasa-glenn-history-includes-contributions-of-women-in-aerospace-research\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Glenn History Includes Contributions of Women in Aerospace Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-article-hero-header nasa-gb-align-full bg-carbon-90 width-full maxw-full color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-hero-header\">\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full maxw-full minh-tablet grid-container minh-tablet flex-column padding-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-foreground-wrapper display-flex flex-direction-column\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block margin-top-auto width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-y-9 padding-x-3 desktop:padding-x-3 z-400\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"z-400 grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-7 z-400\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label color-spacesuit-white margin-bottom-2\">2 Min Read<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"heading-41 line-height-md color-spacesuit-white-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNASA Glenn History Includes Contributions of Women in Aerospace Research\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-5\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-left mobile-skrim-top z-200\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1233\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1944-c-05385.jpg?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Three women and a man face computers and monitoring equipment.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 64% 39%; object-position: 64% 39%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1944-c-05385.jpg 1797w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1944-c-05385.jpg?resize=300,241 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1944-c-05385.jpg?resize=768,617 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1944-c-05385.jpg?resize=1024,822 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1944-c-05385.jpg?resize=1536,1233 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1944-c-05385.jpg?resize=400,321 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1944-c-05385.jpg?resize=600,482 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1944-c-05385.jpg?resize=900,723 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1944-c-05385.jpg?resize=1200,964 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"padding-y-3 padding-x-3\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-x-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"hds-caption maxw-mobile desktop:padding-x-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0 color-carbon-30\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><figcaption>Women help conduct an aircraft engine test from the control room of the Engine Research Building in June 1944. The number of women employed at the Aircraft Engine Research Lab (predecessor to NASA Glenn) nearly doubled between 1943 and 1944.<\/figcaption><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-credits color-spacesuit-white-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Credits: <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>NASA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Women have been essential to the success of the NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center since its inception as the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1941. They have been part of a broad team of individuals with wide ranging skills and responsibilities to accomplish critical research in aeronautics and space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Women at Glenn During World War II<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>An influx of female employees helped the center carry out its activities during World War II. Many were trained as technicians or human computers, while others worked in the administrative areas. Although a number departed after the war, others adapted to the center\u2019s evolving mission and had long careers.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-nasa-blocks-media\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1959-c-51545b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1926\" height=\"1547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1959-c-51545b.jpg?w=1926\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Woman at a desk holds a pencil as she conducts mathematical computations.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1959-c-51545b.jpg 1926w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1959-c-51545b.jpg?resize=300,241 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1959-c-51545b.jpg?resize=768,617 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1959-c-51545b.jpg?resize=1024,822 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1959-c-51545b.jpg?resize=1536,1234 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1959-c-51545b.jpg?resize=400,321 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1959-c-51545b.jpg?resize=600,482 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1959-c-51545b.jpg?resize=900,723 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1959-c-51545b.jpg?resize=1200,964 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1926px) 100vw, 1926px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Christine Truax supervised the center\u2019s computation activities from 1942 to 1967. Truax, a former educator in her native Mississippi, prided herself on teaching young NACA staffers to perform activities that normally required college degrees.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Impacts in Science and Technology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The 1950s and 1960s saw an increase in the number of women pursuing science and technology careers at the center, particularly chemists and physicists, who made important impacts in fields such as high-energy fuels, nuclear propulsion, and power systems.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-nasa-blocks-media\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1957-c-44368.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1957-c-44368.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Chemist Frances Dunkel Coffin writes on a clipboard in front of lab equipment.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 40% 37%; object-position: 40% 37%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Chemist Frances Dunkel Coffin at work in the Materials and Stresses Building. Coffin started at the laboratory in 1951 after earning her PhD in physical chemistry at Cornell University. She studied thermodynamics and crystallography at NASA Lewis (now NASA Glenn) for 20 years.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adding Vital Support to Operations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Women have been vital to the center\u2019s operations and administration areas as well, providing computer coding, technical report production, communications, financial services, and other support functions that are critical to Glenn\u2019s overall operation.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-nasa-blocks-media\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-2011-c-04195.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-2011-c-04195.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"S. Jenise Veris holds a microphone and asks a question.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 52% 0%; object-position: 52% 0%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-2011-c-04195.jpg 2676w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-2011-c-04195.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-2011-c-04195.jpg?resize=768,596 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-2011-c-04195.jpg?resize=1024,794 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-2011-c-04195.jpg?resize=1536,1192 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-2011-c-04195.jpg?resize=2048,1589 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-2011-c-04195.jpg?resize=400,310 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-2011-c-04195.jpg?resize=600,465 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-2011-c-04195.jpg?resize=900,698 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-2011-c-04195.jpg?resize=1200,931 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-2011-c-04195.jpg?resize=2000,1552 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">S. Jenise Veris was a writer and editor for the center newsletter for 25 years before retiring in 2020. During her tenure, Veris authored hundreds of articles and interviewed individuals from across the center. She began her NASA career in 1993 as a member of the Power Technology Division.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>As the number of women in the workforce grew in the 1960s, groups like the NASA Lewis Business and Professional Women\u2019s Club (BPW) were formed to advocate for and recognize female employees.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-nasa-blocks-media\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1977-c-02056.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1977-c-02056.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Four women smile while standing at a railing.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 51% 39%; object-position: 51% 39%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1977-c-02056.jpg 3182w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1977-c-02056.jpg?resize=300,216 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1977-c-02056.jpg?resize=768,553 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1977-c-02056.jpg?resize=1024,737 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1977-c-02056.jpg?resize=1536,1106 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1977-c-02056.jpg?resize=2048,1475 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1977-c-02056.jpg?resize=400,288 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1977-c-02056.jpg?resize=600,432 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1977-c-02056.jpg?resize=900,648 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1977-c-02056.jpg?resize=1200,864 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1977-c-02056.jpg?resize=2000,1440 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Newly elected BPW officers in June 1977 included (from left) June Szucs (secretary and Community Relations assistant for 39 years), Del Zatroch (an executive secretary for over 45 years), Loretta Shaw (an aerospace engineer and chief of the Compressor Branch), and Jean Bertoia (Materials and Stresses Division secretary and External Affairs specialist).<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Becoming Leaders<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 1970s and 1980s more women began taking on management roles, initially as supervisors and branch chiefs, then as the heads of entire divisions.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-2003-c-00781-e1679651036493.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"776\" height=\"847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-2003-c-00781-e1679651036493.jpg?w=776\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Sandy Reehorst smiles at the camera.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-2003-c-00781-e1679651036493.jpg 776w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-2003-c-00781-e1679651036493.jpg?resize=275,300 275w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-2003-c-00781-e1679651036493.jpg?resize=768,838 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-2003-c-00781-e1679651036493.jpg?resize=366,400 366w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-2003-c-00781-e1679651036493.jpg?resize=550,600 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Sandy Reehorst joined Glenn Research Center in 1985 and later in her career was responsible for the space station\u2019s flight software development and photovoltaic power module testing. She served in several managerial positions and was named the center\u2019s deputy chief technologist before retiring in 2018.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1993-c-06512-e1679650932345.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"984\" height=\"964\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1993-c-06512-e1679650932345.jpg?w=984\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Carol Russo in control room.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 52% 22%; object-position: 52% 22%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1993-c-06512-e1679650932345.jpg 984w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1993-c-06512-e1679650932345.jpg?resize=300,294 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1993-c-06512-e1679650932345.jpg?resize=768,752 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1993-c-06512-e1679650932345.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1993-c-06512-e1679650932345.jpg?resize=400,392 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1993-c-06512-e1679650932345.jpg?resize=600,588 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-1993-c-06512-e1679650932345.jpg?resize=900,882 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">In 1993 Carol Russo was named director of Aeronautics, the first woman to head a directorate at the center. She led the agency\u2019s advanced research and technology for aeronautical propulsion systems.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>In the early 1990s women began serving at the highest levels in center management and currently hold many senior management positions today. Glenn\u2019s first woman center director was Janet Kavandi. Marla P\u00e9rez-Davis holds the same position today.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-2017-c-09564.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/grc-2017-c-09564.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Two seated women hold microphones while answering questions.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 48% 8%; object-position: 48% 8%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Janet Kavandi (left) and Marla P\u00e9rez-Davis hold a town hall meeting in December 2017. Kavandi, a former astronaut who flew on three shuttle flights, served as Glenn\u2019s center director from 2015-2019. P\u00e9rez-Davis began her career at the center in 1983 as a chemical engineer working power storage systems. She was named center director in 2020.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>For more about the impact women are making today at NASA, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/category\/people-of-nasa\/women-at-nasa\/\" data-type=\"category\" data-id=\"2884\">Women at NASA<\/a> web page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Robert S. Arrighi<\/em><br><em><em>NASA’s Glenn Research Center<\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-articles\">\t\t<section class=\"hds-related-articles padding-x-0 padding-y-3 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0 text-align-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\"><h2 style=\"max-width: 100%;\" class=\"width-full w-full maxw-full\">Explore More<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0 desktop:padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/renowned-woman-scientist-got-start-at-naca-in-cleveland-in-the-1950s\/\" class=\"color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"heading-14\">Details<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"subheading\">Last Updated<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-8\">Mar 13, 2024<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row margin-bottom-3\"><div class=\"grid-col-4\"><div class=\"subheading\">Editor<\/div><\/div><div class=\"grid-col-8\">Robert S. Arrighi<\/div><\/div><div class=\"grid-row\"><div class=\"grid-col-4\"><div class=\"subheading\">Location<\/div><\/div><div class=\"grid-col-8\">Glenn Research Center<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-5 padding-right-4 margin-bottom-5 desktop:margin-bottom-0\"><div class=\"padding-top-3 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-black \"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2\"><h2 class=\"heading-14\">Related Terms<\/h2><\/div><ul class=\"article-tags\"><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/\">NASA History<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/glenn\/glenn-history\/\">Glenn History<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/glenn\/\">Glenn Research Center<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people-of-nasa\/\">People of NASA<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people-of-nasa\/women-at-nasa\/\">Women at NASA<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women have been essential to the success of the NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center since its inception as the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1941. 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