Mary Golda Ross

Katie talks about the designer of rockets & missiles for Lockheed Martin! Mary Golda Ross was a shining example of a Cherokee Nation education who reached the stars! We don’t even know the fullest extent of her awesomeness because a lot of her work is still classified to this day. Area 51, anyone? 

Show Notes & Extras

• Gal pals this month are – Leah Leach, Bonnie Fillenwarth, Katie Harris, and Edan.
• Bonnie already talked about Elizabeth Petratrovich, Edan already talked about Sacheen Littlefeather.
• Get to know you question – who or what is your favorite Indigenous People’s work in movies, TV or books?
• Trailers below for Reservation Dogs and Into the West
• Bonnie’s book recommendation – Spiderwoman’s Web
• Tiamat shout out!
• Katie’s book recommendation is Round House by Louise Erdrich (Gal’s Guide Library)
• Book Club this month is The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich (Gal’s Guide Library)
• Guess the Gal time!
• Katie’s 1 Cool Indigenous Gal is Mary Golda Ross
• Early life in 1908, Oklahoma
• Cherokee Engineer
• Lockheed Martin from 1942 to 1973
• Skunk Works Project
• Classified!
• School in the Cherokee Nation
• Mary is the Great Granddaughter of John Ross (Wikipedia)
• Mary got a BA in Math and her teaching degree
• Mary got her Master’s in Colorado
• When WW2 came the advice was “Go to California”
• Lockheed Martin
• Designer of fighter planes, rockets, and missiles
• Space Race
• What’s My Line TV show (clip below)
• Retirement – going back to her roots
• Hidden Figure!
• Opening of the National Museum of the American Indian
• Family calls her “Gold”
• $1 coin (picture below)
• Google Doodle (picture below)
• Wilma Mankiller shout out!

Videos

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