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that is very cool
I agree overall, but I am sorry for the missed opportunity to highlight the mountain and southern heritage of these women. Katherine Johnson was an Appalachian mountain woman who was mentored by Dorothy Vaughan, who grew up in Morgantown, West VIrginia. Mary Jackson was a Virginian although not a mountaineer. This could have been featured in the time the movie wasted running these women back and forth to the segregated bathroom - an incident that did not occur in real life.
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I agree overall, but I am sorry for the missed opportunity to highlight the mountain and southern heritage of these women. Katherine Johnson was an Appalachian mountain woman who was mentored by Dorothy Vaughan, who grew up in Morgantown, West VIrginia. Mary Jackson was a Virginian although not a mountaineer. This could have been featured in the time the movie wasted running these women back and forth to the segregated bathroom - an incident that did not occur in real life.
