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02102aam a2200349Ii 4500 001 E1D1B774673211EEBF3E118F48ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231010010145 008 200907t20202020vauac 000 0aeng d 010 $a 2020906510 020 $a 0578676389 020 $a 9780578676388 035 $a (OCoLC)1193325232 040 $a VCV $b eng $e rda $c VCV $d VCV $d OCLCF $d VSC $d UIB $d SILO 043 $a n-us-va 050 4 $a QA29.W477 $b A3 2020 100 1 $a West, Gladys B., $d 1930- $e author. 245 10 $a It began with a dream / $c Dr. Gladys B. West with M. H. Jackson. 264 1 $a King George, Virginia : $b IGWEST, $c [2020] 300 $a xiv, 213 pages : $b illustrations, portraits ; $c 23 cm 505 0 $a Butterwood -- Finding the road less traveled -- God's big plans for me -- Boomtown -- Barriers broken -- Grateful -- The journey continues. 520 $a "Dr. Gladys B. West played an integral role in the development of the Global Positioning System (GPS) while serving as a mathematician with Navy. Born in the poor farming community of Sutherland, Virginia, she rose from poverty despite segregation, The Great Depression, and Jim Crow laws, to become one of the first professional black women hired at the Dahlgren (Va.) Naval Proving Grounds (now Dahlgren Surface Naval Warfare Center)".--Publisher. 520 $a As part of a team of mathematicians who studied the earth's geometric shape (geoid), Gladys West contributed by coding and programing satellite data for engineers at Dahlgren Surface Naval Warfare Center. She calculated formulas involving gravity, radar, and the planet's dimensions, which were used to established the modern GPS technology. 600 10 $a West, Gladys B., $d 1930- 650 0 $a African American women mathematicians $v Biography. 650 0 $a Global Positioning System. 651 0 $a Virginia $x Social life and customs $y 20th century. 700 1 $a Jackson, M. H. $q (Marvin H.), $e author. 941 $a 1 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010023148.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E1D1B774673211EEBF3E118F48ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b UIBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search