Template:Did you know nominations/Mary Jackson (engineer)


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:30, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Mary Jackson (engineer)

 * ... that Mary Jackson (pictured) became the first black female engineer at NASA after successfully petitioning the City of Hampton, Virginia, to allow her to attend required graduate courses at a whites-only school? Source:
 * ALT1:... that Mary Jackson (pictured) was the first black female engineer at NASA? Source:
 * Reviewed: James N. Post III
 * Comment: I added the alternate in case the first one is too wordy, though I think the longer version adds more interesting context.

Improved to Good Article status by GorillaWarfare (talk). Self-nominated at 01:32, 18 January 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New enough (promoted to Good Article status on January 17, 2017), long enough (5,206 characters "readable prose size"), fully referenced . Hook fine (198 characters being < 200 characters), supported by online source; ALT1 hook fine, supported by online source, but main hook preferred per nominator's request. QPQ done. Image has appropriate licence. Good to go. Hawkeye7 (talk) 03:47, 18 January 2017 (UTC)