| NASA Center: |
Langley Research Center |
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| Image # : |
L-03247 |
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| Date : |
01/01/1961
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Title
Pearl I. Young
Full Description
Pearl I Young at the NACA Langley Instrument Research Laboratory. She was the
Chief Technical Editor at Langley. Pearl Young attended Jamestowm College and
the University of North Dakota, graduating in 1919 with honors, a Phi Beta Kappa
key and a triple major in physics, chemistry and mathematics.
She was hired by the University to teach physics, a role that typically was
served by men. In 1921, there were 21 female and 864 male physicists in the
United States. Most of the women were college teachers, hired by women's
colleges. There was only one woman physicist working for the federal government
at that time, and she worked for the National Bureau of Standards.
In 1922 Young was hired as a physicist by the National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), and was assigned to the Langley
Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory's Instrument Research Division under
the direction of Henry J.E. Reid.
In 1929 Reid appointed Young as Langley's Chief Technical Editor. She
established a "new" office, hired staff and formed the research reports
and offical documents that communicated the extraordinary technical
accomplishments of Langley.
Over her twenty eight years at the NACA and NASA, Young helped define
the public image of the NACA and influenced the way aeronautical
engineers throughtout NACA (now NASA) communicate their ideas.
Keywords
Pearl Young Chief Technical Editor Langley NACA
Subject Category
VIPs-People at NASA-NACA, Women,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
LARC
- Center Number:
L-03247
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001991
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NACA
- Original Source: digital
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