User:Amillionlittlethings/Valerie Thomas

ADDED INTO FIRST:

Valerie did not have a lot of support as a young child. While her parents and her school teacher did not fight for her right to study for the STEM. But, she did have a few teacher who fought for her at young age.

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS:

Valerie achieved many great things. Five achievements that were really great for Valerie are listed. NSSDC Computer Facility Manager, Goddard Space Flight Center Award of Merit, NASA Equal Opportunity Medal, Mentored youths through the National Technical Association and Science Mathematics Aerospace Research and Technology Inc, S.M.A.R.T which was Science Mathematics Aerospace Research and Technology and the SHADES OF BLUE DMV.

EARLY LIFE:

In the later nineteen hundreds she would then attend a seminar which was scientific she viewed an exhibit that demonstrated an illusion. The exhibit used concave mirrors to fool the viewer into believing that a light bulb was glowing even after it had been unscrewed from its socket.

She was so amazed by what she saw at this seminar she wanted to start creating this on her own. Later that year she would begin to experiment with mirrors. These mirrors would be flat or concave. The flat mirrors would have a reflection on a certain object that would seem to be behind the glass. The concave mirror would have a reflection that would actually be in front of the class and you would then see an illusion of a three dimensional.

CAREER:

As a woman and an African American, Ms. Thomas worked her way up to associate chief of the Space Science Data Operations Office at NASA.

Valerie's invention showed up in a children's fictional book and would then be seen on television and video games.

Sources:

http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/robinlindeenblakeley/?page_id=76

https://www.beyondcurie.com/valerie-thomas

http://www.myblackhistory.net/Valerie_Thomas.htm

https://womenafrica.com/meet-valerie-l-thomas-african-american-scientist-who-invented-the-illusion-transmitter/

https://makethemmainstream.com/2019/05/15/valerie-thomas/