{"id":60186,"date":"2018-12-05T07:15:33","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T12:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/?post_type=lecture&#038;p=60186"},"modified":"2024-04-30T13:10:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T17:10:39","slug":"rocket-girls","status":"publish","type":"lecture","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/lecture\/rocket-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">great lives lecture series<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Rocket Girls<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><div class=\"wpv-view-output\" data-toolset-views-view-editor=\"618d3baaaf3d8a5587d785b220addb93\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-toolset-views-view-editor wpv-gutenberg-view-wrapper-61885\">\n\n\n<div id=\"wpv-view-layout-61885-CATTR9dfeafef662ef16a54e09dc7b8d2b37e\" class=\"js-wpv-view-layout js-wpv-layout-responsive js-wpv-view-layout-61885-CATTR9dfeafef662ef16a54e09dc7b8d2b37e\" data-viewnumber=\"61885-CATTR9dfeafef662ef16a54e09dc7b8d2b37e\" data-pagination='{\"id\":\"61885\",\"query\":\"normal\",\"type\":\"disabled\",\"effect\":\"fade\",\"duration\":500,\"speed\":5,\"pause_on_hover\":\"enabled\",\"stop_rollover\":\"false\",\"cache_pages\":\"enabled\",\"preload_images\":\"enabled\",\"preload_pages\":\"enabled\",\"preload_reach\":1,\"spinner\":\"builtin\",\"spinner_image\":\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/plugins\/toolset-blocks\/embedded\/res\/img\/ajax-loader.gif\",\"callback_next\":\"\",\"manage_history\":\"enabled\",\"has_controls_in_form\":\"disabled\",\"infinite_tolerance\":\"0\",\"max_pages\":1,\"page\":1,\"base_permalink\":\"\/greatlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lecture\/60186?wpv_view_count=61885-CATTR9dfeafef662ef16a54e09dc7b8d2b37e&amp;wpv_paged=WPV_PAGE_NUM\",\"loop\":{\"type\":\"\",\"name\":\"\",\"data\":[],\"id\":0}}' data-permalink=\"\/greatlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lecture\/60186?wpv_view_count=61885-CATTR9dfeafef662ef16a54e09dc7b8d2b37e\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n          <h2 class=\"lectureDate\">Lecture Date: March 19, 2019<\/h2>\n\n<h3>The Gemini 3 Group Lecture<\/h3>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/326820590?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"533\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Great Lives, Rocket Girls\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<div class=\"topicSummary\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/13_Rocket-Girls-199x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium alignright\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/13_Rocket-Girls-199x300.jpg 199w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/13_Rocket-Girls-768x1158.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/13_Rocket-Girls-679x1024.jpg 679w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/13_Rocket-Girls-756x1140.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\"><p>During World War II, when the newly created Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate jet velocities and plot missile trajectories, they recruited an elite group of young women &ndash; known as human computers &ndash; who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowess, transformed rocket design and helped bring about America&rsquo;s first ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n<p>But they were never interested in developing weapons &ndash; their hearts lay in the dream of space exploration. So when JPL became part of a new agency called NASA, the computers worked on the first probes to the moon, Venus, Mars, and beyond. Later, as digital computers largely replaced human ones, JPL was unique in training and retaining its brilliant pool of women. They became the first computer programmers and engineers, and through their efforts, we launched the ships that showed us the contours of our solar system.<\/p>\n<p>Nathalia Holt will tell the stories of these women who charted a course not only for the future of space exploration but also for the prospects of female scientists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"lectureSpeaker\" style=\"padding-top: 1em;\">Speaker: Nathalia Holt<\/h2>\n<div class=\"speakerInfo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/13_Holt-Nathalia-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail alignleft\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/13_Holt-Nathalia-150x150.jpg 150w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/13_Holt-Nathalia-50x50.jpg 50w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/13_Holt-Nathalia-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\">\n<p>Nathalia studied at the University of Southern California, Tulane University, and Humboldt State University. In addition, her research as a science writer has included work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory archives, the Caltech library, and the Schlesinger library on the history of women in America at Harvard. Prior to the publication of the <cite>Rise of the Rocket Girls (2016),<\/cite> Holt published <cite>Cured: The People Who Defeated HIV (2015)<\/cite>, which discusses the scientific complexities of two patients who have been exceptions to the usual procession of AIDS. In addition, her work appears in The Atlantic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"season":[591],"class_list":{"0":"post-60186","1":"lecture","2":"type-lecture","3":"status-publish","5":"season-591","6":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rocket Girls - Great Lives<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/lecture\/rocket-girls\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rocket Girls\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/lecture\/rocket-girls\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Great Lives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-30T17:10:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/greatlives\\\/lecture\\\/rocket-girls\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/greatlives\\\/lecture\\\/rocket-girls\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rocket Girls - 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