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26-772: Darden may refer to: People [ edit ] Christine Darden (born 1942), American mathematician and engineer Christopher Darden (born 1956), American lawyer Colgate Darden (1897–1981), American congressman, governor, and University of Virginia president George Darden (born 1943), American politician Geraldine Claudette Darden (born 1936), African-American mathematician Jaelon Darden (born 1999), American football player Jimmy Darden (1922–1994), American professional basketball player and coach John A. Darden (1879–1942), Alabama attorney, publisher, and state legislator Joshua Darden (born 1979), American typeface designer Mills Darden (1798–1857), American who

52-531: A historically black college then known as Hampton Institute. During her studies at Hampton, she participated in some of the early protests of the Civil Rights Movement . She participated in several student sit-ins alongside her other Black peers. Mann graduated from Hampton with a B.S. in Mathematics in 1962. She also earned a teaching certification, and taught high school mathematics for

78-561: A Ph.D in engineering from George Washington University . In 1989, Darden was appointed as leader of the Sonic Boom Team, a subsidiary of the High Speed Research (HSR) Program. On the Sonic Boom Team she worked on designs to decrease the negative effects of sonic booms, such as noise pollution and the depletion of the ozone layer . Her team tested new wing and nose designs for supersonic aircraft. She also designed

104-421: A brief time. In 1963, Mann married Walter L. Darden Jr., a middle-school science teacher. In 1965 she became a research assistant at Virginia State College , studying aerosol physics. At Virginia State, Darden earned an M.S. in 1967 and taught mathematics there. That same year she was hired by NASA as a data analyst at Langley Research Center . Darden started in the "computer pool", performing calculations as

130-419: A computer for engineers. She began automating the process by writing computer programs. After moving into more aeronautical research, in 1973 Darden was promoted to a position as aerospace engineer by her superior John V. Becker. She had nearly been fired earlier. Her early findings in the 1960s and 1970s resulted in a revolution of aerodynamics design to produce low-boom sonic effects. In 1983 Darden earned

156-548: A computer program to simulate sonic booms. The program was canceled by the government in February 1998, "without fan fare or press announcement." 1998 abstract published by Darden describes the program as focused on "technologies needed for the development of an environmentally friendly, economically viable High-Speed Civil Transport [HSCT]." Darden wrote more than 50 articles in the general field of aeronautical design, specializing in supersonic flow and flap design, as well as

182-607: A graduate school Darden Field , home stadium for the Colorado School of Mines baseball teams Darden Hotel (Hamilton, North Carolina) , on the National Register of Historic Places City Hotel (Marthaville, Louisiana) , also known as "Hotel Darden", on the National Register of Historic Places Darden Restaurants , a restaurant management company Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

208-633: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Christine Darden Darden is one of the researchers featured in the book Hidden Figures : The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race (2016), a history of some of the influential African-American women mathematicians and engineers at NASA in

234-616: The National Coalition of 100 Black Women in 1987. She received three Certificates of Outstanding Performance from Langley Research Center: in 1989, 1991, and 1992. On January 28, 2018, Darden received the Presidential Citizenship Award at Hampton University in recognition for her contribution and service". Darden received an honorary degree from North Carolina State University on December 19, 2018. Darden also received an honorary degree from

260-526: The space race . They overcame discrimination there, as women and as African Americans. Also featured is Christine Darden , who was the first African-American woman to be promoted into the Senior Executive Service for her work in researching supersonic flight and sonic booms . Hidden Figures explores the biographies of three African-American women who worked as computers to solve problems for engineers and others at NASA. For

286-589: The " West Area Computers ", in reference to their segregated office. The human computers performed calculations to support research into plane flight and, later, rockets. Because the state of Virginia, where the Langley Research Center was located, had racial segregation, Jim Crow laws were followed at the facility, which is located near Hampton . This changed after the 1964 Civil Rights Act which banned segregation. The collective, once tasked with processing scores of collected flight test data, by

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312-415: The 1940s had garnered a reputation as "human computers" who were essential to NASA's operation. During the 1950s and 1960s, more of these women gained opportunities to advance as technicians and engineers. Darden started working in the computer pool in 1967 at NASA, after she had completed an M.S. in mathematics at Virginia State University and taught there. By that time, computers were increasingly used for

338-735: The George Washington University on May 19, 2019. In 2019, Darden was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal . She delivered the Christine Darden Lecture at MathFest 2021. Hidden Figures (book) Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race is a 2016 nonfiction book written by Margot Lee Shetterly . Shetterly started working on

364-550: The Mercury and Apollo missions. Johnson successfully "took matters into her own hands" by being assertive with her supervisor. When her mathematical abilities were recognized, Johnson was allowed into what had previously been all-male meetings at NASA. The book reached number one on The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers list and got the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Nonfiction in 2017. The book

390-409: The book in 2010. The book takes place from the 1930s through the 1960s, depicting the particular barriers for Black women in science during this time, thereby providing a lesser-known history of NASA . The biographical text follows the lives of Katherine Johnson , Dorothy Vaughan , and Mary Jackson , three mathematicians who worked as computers (then a job description) at NACA and NASA, during

416-407: The complex calculations to support engineering and design. Darden left the computer pool in 1989 for a position as engineer, working on decreasing sonic boom in supersonic flight. She earned her PhD in 1983 (with the support of NASA), and became known for her research as "one of NASA's preeminent experts on supersonic flight and sonic booms." Darden was promoted as a manager, and she advanced to become

442-591: The first African-American woman at Langley to be promoted into the Senior Executive Service , the top rank in the federal civil service. In March 2007, Darden retired from NASA as director of the Office of Strategic Communication and Education. In 1985, Darden received the Dr. A. T. Weathers Technical Achievement Award from the National Technical Association . She received a Candace Award from

468-490: The first female African-American engineer to work for NASA. The movie made US$ 231.3 million. The budget of the film was US$ 25 million. While the film is based on the book, author Margot Lee Shetterly agrees that there are differences between the two, and she finds that to be understandable. For better or for worse, there is history, there is the book and then there's the movie. Timelines had to be conflated and [there were] composite characters, and for most people [who have seen

494-474: The first years of their careers, the workplace was segregated and women were kept in the background as human computers . Author Margot Lee Shetterly's father was a research scientist at NASA who worked with many of the book's main characters. Shetterly explains how these women overcame discrimination and racial segregation to become vital parts of mathematics, scientific, and engineering history. One of them, Katherine Johnson, calculated rocket trajectories for

520-494: The mid-20th century, by Margot Lee Shetterly . In 2019, Darden was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal . Christine Mann was born September 10, 1942, to schoolteacher Desma l. Cheney and insurance agent Noah Horace Mann Sr. in Monroe, North Carolina . Both parents encouraged her to pursue a quality education. Starting from age three, Darden was brought by her mother to her own classroom where she taught, and at age four, Darden

546-485: The movie] have already taken that as the literal fact. You might get the indication in the movie that these were the only people doing those jobs, when in reality we know they worked in teams, and those teams had other teams. There were sections, branches, divisions, and they all went up to a director. There were so many people required to make this happen. It would be great for people to understand that there were so many more people. Even though Katherine Johnson, in this role,

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572-499: The prediction and minimization of sonic booms. In 1935, the first African-American women mathematicians were hired as human computers at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), then known as NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics). Later, when many men were overseas fighting in World War II, more job opportunities were given to both white and African-American women. The latter computer pool became known as

598-428: The title Darden . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Darden&oldid=1156080224 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description

624-679: Was adapted as a film by the same name , released in 2016, that was nominated for three Oscars. It received numerous other awards. The book was adapted as a film of the same name , written by Theodore Melfi and Allison Schroeder , and directed by Melfi. It was released on December 25, 2016 to positive reviews from critics, and received a nomination for Best Picture at the 89th Academy Awards . It received numerous other nominations and awards. Taraji P. Henson starred as mathematician Katherine Johnson , Octavia Spencer played Dorothy Vaughan , an African-American mathematician who worked for NASA in 1949, and Janelle Monáe played Mary Jackson ,

650-465: Was enrolled in kindergarten. During elementary school, Darden took a great interest in breaking apart and reconstructing mechanical objects like her bicycle. Darden finished her last two years of primary school at Allen High School , a boarding school in Asheville, North Carolina . She graduated as the class valedictorian in 1958, subsequently receiving a scholarship to attend Hampton University ,

676-1133: Was one of the largest people in history Ollie Darden (born 1944), American retired professional basketball player Paul Darden (born 1968), American poker player Thom Darden (born 1950), American retired National Football League player Thomas Darden (1900–1961), 37th governor of American Samoa and US Navy captain Tony Darden (born 1957), American retired sprinter Tony Darden (American football) (born 1975), American National Football League player Severn Darden (1929–1995), American comedian and actor Stephen Heard Darden (1816–1902), American politician and Confederate politician and officer Willie Darden (1933–1988), American man executed in Florida Darden Hamilton (born 1956), American politician Darden Smith (born 1962), American singer-songwriter Other uses [ edit ] Darden, Tennessee , United States, an unincorporated community and census-designated place University of Virginia Darden School of Business ,

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