Dorothy Vaughan vs Rosa Parks
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Compare the life timelines of Dorothy Vaughan (1910–2008) and Rosa Parks (1913–2005) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 92 years, from 1913 to 2005.
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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
Rosa Parks (1913–2005)
- — Born in Tuskegee, Alabama Verified
- — Married Raymond Parks Verified
- — Became secretary of the Montgomery NAACP Verified
- — Refused to give up her bus seat Verified
- — Montgomery Bus Boycott Verified
- — Relocated to Detroit, Michigan Verified
- — Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Verified
- — Awarded the Congressional Gold Medal Verified
- — Died in Detroit, Michigan Verified