Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
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Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
In 1956, West began working as a mathematician at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Virginia. She was only the second African American woman hired at the base and one of just four African American employees at the time. What followed was a career that would quietly change the world.
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