Dorothy Vaughan's Childhood

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“Laundry is the only thing that should be separated by color” are some words said by an unknown author. In spite of being a teacher, Dorothy Vaughan worked as an employee at the laundry room over the summer to earn some extra money to support her family. Though it was not that much to support her family, but something is better than nothing. Teaching is considered to be a prestigious job in the black community. One has to work their very best in order to achieve this amount of success in a world of segregation.
Dorothy Vaughan was among the top students since her early childhood. She took mathematics classes in Wilberforce College at the age of 15 and eventually to Howard University for her graduate education. She also has other manual