Dorothy Vaughan's Phenomenon: An Analysis

People go to work and begrudge their “less-talented” colleague’s promotion to a new rank. Or to the larger extent when an ill-tempered, ignorant tradesman was preferred to an erudite lawyer by a bureaucracy. Indeed, there have been many inequality issues, especially partiality, in history, but humans themselves overcame those dilemmas. They ended the notorious, anti-Protestant Catholic-hegemony, successfully revoked the unreasonable segregation. Many Great Minds have fought bravely for the world to progress. Typically, the story of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson is a notable instance of brilliant women fighting against prejudices for their rightful position in the society. Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson were obviously the Einsteins …show more content…
Katherine Johnson, after getting her sums of the Red Stone correctly and doing the impressive math during her meeting with the Pentagon, gained respects from her director, Al Harrison, and envies from her other colleagues. Until her smartness helped John Glenn made it successfully to the space and to the Bahamas, her colleagues awed at her. At this point, it is clearly shown that the nation becomes more meritocratic. She does not care about ranking, gender, skin colors, or ethnicity; she needs groundbreaking contribution. The second one, Dorothy Vaughan, despite her several polite requests of a supervisor for her group and her usefulness, found her in the same situation as Katherine’s. Her proud and senior Mitchell despised her due to the Southerners’ culture of segregation. However, everything changed when she proved that her skillful use of the IBM was valuable to the calculation for John Glenn’s voyage. Apparently, Karma rewarded her an IBM supervisory for her patience, persistence, and kindness to her rivals. In fact, Vaughan also appears to be an example of how people should treat each other. The world is similar to a mirror; if a person smiles at it, it will reflect a