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How do paragraphs 6-8 contribute to the development of ideas about Johnson's life?
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At age 18, Johnson graduated with very high grades and degrees in mathematics and French.
When Johnson graduated from college, the United States was still segregated. During this time, “segregation” meant that different races were separated from each other in many places and activities. African-Americans were rarely able to have jobs in mathematics and science. It was also very unusual for women of any race to have degrees in mathematics. At that time, the only professional job available to Johnson after graduation was teaching. She taught school for a number of years but stopped when she married and had children. In 1952, she started teaching again to support her family after her husband became ill.

HOW DID SHE GET TO NASA?
When Johnson was 34 years old, she applied for a job at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, or NACA. NACA was the name of the government agency that later became NASA. In the early to mid-1950s, NACA was just beginning its work on studying space. NACA was hiring women — including African-Americans — to be “computers.” These female computers calculated the mathematics for the engineers who were working on the space program. The first time Johnson applied, all of the jobs were already filled. She was disappointed, but she didn’t give up. Johnson applied the following year, and that time the agency offered her a job. She took it and worked with a large group of women who were all computers like her.

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