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A full-color picture book biography about Mary Jackson, who became the first female African American engineer at NASA-includes several STEM activities for some real-world learning connections!
When Mary Jackson was growing up, she thought being an engineer was impossible for her. Why? After all, she was fantastic at math and science. She worked really hard to learn all she could in school. Why did this smart little girl think she couldnt be an engineer? In Human Computer: Mary Jackson, Engineer, readers ages 5 to 8 explore the life of Mary Jackson, who overcame the challenges of segregation and sexism to become the first female African American engineer at NASA!
In the Picture Book Biography series, children encounter real-life characters who are thrilled to learn and experiment, eager to make a difference, and excited about collaborating with crew members.
Age-appropriate vocabulary, detailed illustrations, a timeline, simple STEM projects, such as designing paper airplanes, and a glossary all support foundational learning for kids ages 5 to 8.
Perfect for beginner readers or as a read aloud nonfiction picture book!

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A N D I D I E H N Illustrated by Katie Mazeika E N G I N E E R Mary - photo 1
A N D I D I E H N Illustrated by Katie Mazeika E N G I N E E R Mary - photo 2
A N D ID I E H N
Illustrated by Katie Mazeika
E N G I N E E R
Mary
Jackson
A S A G I R L M A R Y W A N T E D T O B E A N E N G I N E E R - photo 3
A SAG I R L ,M A R YW A N T E DT OB EA NE N G I N E E R .
B U TB E C A U S ES H EW A SB L A C K ,S O M ES A I D ,
N O TY O U RC A R E E R .
S E G R E G A T I O NT O O KA W A YH E RP A T HO FC H O I C E ,
U N T I LS H EF O U G H TB A C KA N D
R A I S E DH E RV O I C E .
D E M A N D I N GT OB EL E TI N T OT H EC L A S S E SS H EN E E D E D ,
A N DT H R O U G HP E R S I S T E N C EA N DH A R DW O R K ,
S H ES U C C E E D E D !
S H EB E C A M EN A S A ' SF I R S TB L A C K ,F E M A L EE N G I N E E R !
T H E N ,S H EM A D ES U R ET H EP A T HF O R
O T H E R SW A SC L E A R .
Even as a young girl Mary Jackson loved math and science She loved - photo 4
Even as a young girl, Mary Jackson
loved math and science. Sheloved
learninghowthingsworked. And
she loved helping people.
Mary wanted to be an engineer and to solve problems with math and - photo 5
Mary wanted to be
an engineer and to
solve problems with
math and science.
But Mary grew up in a time when black people and white people were kept - photo 6
But Mary grew up in a time
when black people and white
people were kept apart by
something called segregation.
Black children weren't
always taught the same
subjects as white children.
There were very few black
engineers. And even
fewer female engineers.
Mary still loved learning math and science She wanted to know how - photo 7
Mary still loved learning math
and science. Shewantedtoknow
howeverythingworked.
Mary beat the odds and went to college She became a math teacher and - photo 8
Mary beat the
odds and went
to college! She
became a math
teacher and shared
her love of numbers
with her black students.
Mary shared her learning with other little girls too She was a Girl Scout - photo 9
Mary shared her learning with other little girls too She was a Girl Scout - photo 10
Mary shared her learning with other little
girls, too. She was a Girl Scout leader!
She loved to build wind tunnels and test
model airplanes with her scouts.
A few years later after Mary had a baby she went to work as a clerk She - photo 11
A few years later, after Mary had a
baby, she went to work as a clerk.
She answered the phone and
wrote messages. Shewasgoodat
herjob,butshemissedlearning
howdifferentthingsworked.
So Mary got a job at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical - photo 12
So Mary got a job at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory as a - photo 13
So Mary got a job at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory as a - photo 14
So, Mary got a
job at the Langley
Memorial Aeronautical
Laboratory as a
human computer.
Engineers at Langley
were working to
improve airplanes.
They needed human
computers who were
very good at math
to help them.
Mary was happy
to work with
numbers again.
Mary loved her job but there was a big problem Langley was - photo 15
Mary loved her
job, but there was
a big problem.
Langley was
segregated.
Mary grew more and more angry She was tired of being treated differently - photo 16
Mary grew more and more
angry. She was tired of
being treated differently.
There were many people who thought segregation was wrong An engineer named - photo 17
There were many people who
thought segregation was wrong.
An engineer named Kazimierz
Czarnecki asked Mary to come work
with him. Kaz thought everyone
should all work together.
And Mary agreed! She went to
work as a computer for engineers
who were studying things that
traveled at supersonic speed, or
faster than the speed of sound.
Mary wanted to be an engineer more than ever All she needed to do was take - photo 18
Mary wanted to be an engineer more than ever All she needed to do was take - photo 19
Mary wanted to be an engineer more than
ever. All she needed to do was take classes at
a local school. But there was one problem.
The school was segregated. Black people
weren't allowed to go to school there.
Mary had to ask the city to give her special
permission to take classes at the white school.
Finally, the city said yes.
Mary studied hard and became NASAs first African American female - photo 20
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