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How World War II opened the door for one of the first black women at NASA

  • harris59
  • Sep 21, 2016
  • 1 min read

Excerpt from The Washington Post:

"Have you ever seen a computer in a skirt? Duchess Harris has. In a photo submitted to Historically Black, a project by The Washington Post, Miriam Daniel Mann walks with purpose down a Hampton, Va., street in 1943, clutching a thick, hardcover book. She sports heels, a fashionable turban and a coat with two large buttons, the hemline of her plaid skirt peering out underneath..."

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