Dorothy Vaughan vs Louise Bourgeois
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Compare the life timelines of Dorothy Vaughan (1910–2008) and Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 97 years, from 1911 to 2008.
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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
Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010)
- — Born in Paris, France Verified
- — Studied at the Sorbonne and Paris art schools Verified
- — Married Robert Goldwater and moved to New York Verified
- — First solo exhibition of sculpture Verified
- — Retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art Verified
- — Awarded the National Medal of Arts Verified
- — Created the 'Maman' spider sculpture Verified
- — Inaugural commission for Tate Modern's Turbine Hall Verified
- — Died in New York City Verified