Though Annie Easley lived in the Jim Crow era, she tried not to allow the restrictions placed on Black people to control her life. Image Easley in 1981 in her office.

Annie Easley began working for what is now NASA Glenn Research Center in 1955 as a human computer before the computer age. Like the women portrayed in the film "Hidden Figures,'' she later became ...

Annie Easley, however, was all three. During her 34-year career, she worked not only on technologies that led to hybrid vehicles, but also on software that enabled great strides in spaceflight and ...