Article 4ZSQ2 Katherine Johnson, Nasa mathematician portrayed in Hidden Figures, dies at 101

Katherine Johnson, Nasa mathematician portrayed in Hidden Figures, dies at 101

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Kenya Evelyn in New York
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Johnson overcame racial and gender-based discrimination to become an integral part of Nasa's work in space exploration

Katherine Johnson, one of the trailblazing African American mathematicians whose story was told in the hit film Hidden Figures, has died, Nasa announced on Monday. She was 101.

Related: How history forgot the black women behind Nasa's space race

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