Mary G. Ross, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mary G. Ross

America aerospace engineer, first native american female engineer.

Date of Birth: 09-Aug-1908

Place of Birth: Park Hill, Oklahoma, United States

Date of Death: 29-Apr-2008

Profession: engineer, mathematician, aerospace engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Mary Golda Ross (August 9, 1908 – April 29, 2008) was the first known Native American female engineer, and the first female engineer in the history of Lockheed.
She was one of the 40 founding engineers of the renowned and highly secretive Skunk Works project at Lockheed Corporation.
She worked at Lockheed from 1942 until her retirement in 1973, where she was best remembered for her work on aerospace design – including the Agena Rocket program – as well as numerous "design concepts for interplanetary space travel, manned and unmanned earth-orbiting flights, the earliest studies of orbiting satellites for both defense and civilian purposes." In 2018, she was chosen to be depicted on the 2019 Native American $1 Coin by the U.S.
Mint celebrating American Indians in the space program.