On this day in 2017, “Hidden Figures” case honored another hidden figure — trailblazing engineer Raye Montague.
On this day in 2017 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today February 20, 2024 Feb. 20, 2017 Trailblazing engineer Raye Montague On “Good Morning America,” the actresses from the 2016 film “Hidden Figures” honored another hidden figure — trailblazing engineer Raye Montague. When she was 7 and visited a captured Nazi mini-submarine in Little Rock, Arkansas, she saw the dials and was mesmerized. In 1956, she began working for the U.S.
Naval Academy, she also briefed the Joint Chiefs of Staff each month. Many of her ship designs continue to be used. In 2017, the Naval Surface Warfare Center honored her. “I didn’t realize that I was breaking glass ceilings back then,” she told those gathered. “I was just doing what had to be done.” She died in 2018 at the age of 83.This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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