Hidden Figures Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. NACA's mission is to build this
  2. 5. government agency that studies the science of flying
  3. 7. separate workspace at Langley for black mathematicians
  4. 8. American president that prioritized the production of airplanes to 50,000 units annually
  5. 10. title of the passage by Margot Lee Shetterly
  6. 11. civil rights advocate who convinced Pres. Roosevelt to sign a law to create the Fairness Employment Practices Committee
  7. 12. woman whose job was to do computations in the 1940s
  8. 14. the science of matter, energy, and motion
Down
  1. 2. term used for women that meant they were paid less than men
  2. 3. planes were developed, tested, and refined at this place
  3. 4. only few of the women were given this title, even if they were math geniuses
  4. 6. metal bathroom signs at Langley that signal racial discrimination
  5. 9. city southeast of Virginia where Margot Shetterly comes from
  6. 13. fill-in the blank: _______ through air power