Dorothy Vaughan vs Hedy Lamarr
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Compare the life timelines of Dorothy Vaughan (1910–2008) and Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 86 years, from 1914 to 2000.
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Dorothy Vaughan (1910–2008)
- — Born in Kansas City, Missouri Verified
- — Graduated from Wilberforce University Verified
- — Taught mathematics at Robert Russa Moton High School Verified
- — Married Howard Vaughan Verified
- — Began work at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory Verified
- — Appointed head of West Area Computing Verified
- — Joined the Analysis and Computation Division after NACA became NASA Verified
- — Learned FORTRAN and taught it to her colleagues Verified
- — Retired from NASA Verified
- — Died in Hampton, Virginia Verified
Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000)
- — Born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary Verified
- — Starred in the film Ecstasy Verified
- — Starred in Algiers Verified
- — Emigrated to the United States Verified
- — Patented frequency-hopping system Verified
- — Starred in Samson and Delilah Verified
- — Died in Casselberry, Florida Verified
- — Inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame Verified