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Mary Sherman Morgan

April 15, 2016

Rise of the Rocket Girls

A new book tells the story of the women who worked at NASA in what would later become the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
July 22, 2015 in Modern Worthies

Mary Sherman Morgan

America's First Female Rocket Scientist

A lack of a college degree and a child born out of wedlock couldn't stop this woman from saving the US Space Race with her custom rocket fuel.

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