History, what happened with nasa on this date . September 8, 1967, the surveyor 5 launched, september 8, 1983, satcom 7 launched. September 8th, sts 106 launched. Today, september 8, 2016, Margot Lee Shetterly Lee Shetterly publicly Lee Shetterly publicly launches her book story of the black women mathematicians who helped win the space race. [applause] i believe you know Margot Lee Shetterly. They couldnt wait to see her again. She was born and raised in virginia, graduated the university of virginia with a degree in finance, generous independent researcher, entrepreneur and cocreator of english language magazine with her husband aaron, margo is daughter of one of the first nasa black mail engineers, grew up among many figures, the founder of Alfred P Sloan Foundation Fellow and recipient of the Virginia Foundation of humanities grant for her research into the history of women, lives in charlottesville, virginia. Anonymous is history, usually a woman. Let me say that again. Anonymous
From. Tonight youll hear the author of Hidden Figures. The American Dream in the untold story of those who helped to win the space race share the journey that combines laugh rich intersection of the civilrights era and the space race the cold war and the movement for gender equality. I am curious what the date september 81967 and 1983 defcon seven lunch. Said to rate 2000 when 06 launched and todays a template, 2016 publicly on schists her book hit in figures to the literary world. [applause] i know many of you know, margaux many said they run the tennis team with her and could not wait to see her again she was raised here credited from university of frigid new with a degree in finance the journalists and independent researcher. Creator of an englishlanguage monthly magazine the daughter of one of the first nasa blackmail engineer so she grew up with the abandon of Hidden Figures. She is a Slum Foundation fellow and recipient of the and Virginia Foundation for humanities grant and live
History, in a nut shell, people are working harder, they are working longer hours, and they are getting paid less in real dollars. This is not true for corporate executives. The ceoworker pay ratio was 21 in 1965. Today it is more than 300 to 1. I am fine with paying for Exceptional Results and investing in talent. I believe in that but i believe the gaps in practices should be transparent. I think the state Investment Board can help. I have asked the Investment Board to go further and exercise its Voting Authority to reduce the widening pay gap between ceos and their workers. [applause] i am encouraging the board to promote this policy with other states and instew institutional investors. Small steps like this can be the beginnings of bigger journeys. I started a different journey with my new executive order in Public Health and firearms. You know, more people in washington are dying from firearm fatalities than even from traffic accidents. We have a Public Health crisis. We need a Pu
Modest is unjustified costofliving adjustment adjustment, the first since 2008. Also made paying for college easier on family budgets. The only state in the United States to pass a to wishing cut this year for students. [applause] republicans had a great idea to have the tuition cut and i gladly give them credit. [applause] also gladly give democrats credit that we should cut tuition for every one including community and Technical Colleges. [applause] together we found a way. This is something everyone in the chamber can celebrate. We restore funding for one of our most precious public assets, our state parks. It was heartbreaking to even consider having to close some of these parks last year there is a family frolicking on the beach i remember my own childhood when mom and dad would throw was the back of the Station Wagon and taken sell for the day or the weekend just knowing this tradition will continue is extremely gratifying. One of the biggest performance it will continue to be fe
A Bellevue student has won UScellular s seventh annual Black History Month Art Contest with her drawing of Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who played a key role in making America s early