Katherine Johnson Doll

While growing up in White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia, Katherine Johnson (her name was Coleman as a child) displayed an intense curiosity and an extraordinary knack for numbers. As a child prodigy, Katherine entered high school at the age of 10 and graduated from college when she was just eighteen
In 1953, she joined a pool of women hired by NASA to serve as human computers. Katherine calculates the trajectory of NASA's first US manned flight into space
His impeccable calculations helped the Apollo astronauts land and return safely from their journey to the moon. Katherine's figures were so consistently accurate, that when NASA switched to mechanical computers, they had the Katherinedb-machine check the accuracy of the results
Barbie Inspirational WomenKatherine Johnsondoll celebrates the achievements of a pioneer who broke through barriers of race and gender
Like the trajectory she calculated, Catherine's contributions inspire young people to excel in math and science and reach for the stars