📅 20 September 1910
Vaughan became a mathematician, programmer and the first Black supervisor at the segregated West Area Computing Unit at Langley.
📅 20 September 1910
She assigned and reviewed demanding aeronautical calculations while advocating for staff members' opportunities.
📅 20 September 1910
Anticipating automation, she learned programming and helped colleagues shift from hand calculation to digital computing.
📅 20 September 1910
Vaughan's achievements occurred within racially separated facilities and job classifications that obscured Black women's contributions.
