# Dorothy Vaughan (@dorothy-vaughan)

Dorothy Vaughan was a mathematician and programmer who supervised the segregated West Area Computing unit at NACA's Langley laboratory.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Dorothy Vaughan's public record._

## Topics

- [Legacy](/@dorothy-vaughan/legacy.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Programming transition](/@dorothy-vaughan/programming.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [West Area Computing](/@dorothy-vaughan/west-area.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.nasa.gov/people/dorothy-vaughan/
- blog: https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/langley/dorothy-vaughan-human-computer/
- blog: https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/dorothy-vaughan

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "dorothy-vaughan", "question": "…"}`.