Hidden Figures: Raye Montague (Patreon)

Hidden Figures: Raye Montague

Raye Jean Montague (née Jordan; January 21, 1935 – October 10, 2018) was an American naval engineer credited with creating the first computer-generated rough draft of a U.S. naval ship. She was the first female program manager of ships in the United States Navy. She was an internationally registered professional engineer or RPE, who also held a civilian equivalent rank of captain. She was inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame in 2018. Montague’s career spanned the development of computer technologies, from the world’s first commercially available computer to modern computers. In the 1970s, her department was allotted one month to create a computer-generated ship design. By modifying existing automated systems, Montague produced the initial draft for the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate in about 19 hours. With this accomplishment, she became the first person to design a ship using a computer system. Montague retired in 1990. In 2006, after fifty years spent in the metropolitan Washington DC area, she returned to Arkansas, living in west Little Rock, where she remained active with LifeQuest, The Links Inc., the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, and the American Contract Bridge League. She also mentored inmates through a community re-entry program through the University of Arkansas at Little Rock as well as students at the eStem Elementary Public Charter School in Little Rock. In 2017, with the movie Hidden Figures having awakened an awareness of the previously unacknowledged contributions of black women engineers and mathematicians in the American defense and space industries, Montague was featured on the television show Good Morning America and dubbed a "real-life hidden figure." Montague died of congestive heart failure on October 10, 2018, at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock. #HiddenFigures #RayeMontague ****************** Merchandise! MAKE SURE U GETTA SHIRT!! https://www.teepublic.com/user/sssseren Follow me on social media! Instagram: @sensei_aishitemasu Personal Tumblr: http://sensei-aishitemasu.tumblr.com Tumblr for my work: https://sssseren.tumblr.com Snapchat: sssseren GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/tc5wh7q Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seren_sensei ****************** Did you know I wrote a book? ☺️ 'So, About That... A Year of Contemporary Essays on Race and Pop Culture' Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/About-That-Contemporary-Essays-Culture-ebook/dp/B013V0CHK6 Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B013V0CHK6 Digital download (e-book): https://gumroad.com/l/IkUa ****************** Links: The Girl With a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague (Amazing Scientists) by Julia Finley Mosca https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Mind-Math-Montague-Scientists/dp/1943147426 'Meet the woman who broke barriers as a hidden figure at the US Navy:' https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/meet-woman-broke-barriers-hidden-figure-us-navy/story?id=45566924 'Raye Montague, a Barrier-Breaking Naval Ship Designer, Has Died at 83:' https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/raye-montague-barrier-breaking-naval-ship-designer-has-died-83-180970608/ 'Raye Montague, Arkansas 'Hidden Figure', Dead At 83:' https://www.essence.com/culture/raye-montague-arkansas-hidden-figure-dead/ 'Raye Montague, Arkansan and 'hidden figure' credited with U.S. Navy breakthrough, dies at 83:' https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/oct/10/raye-montague-arkansan-and-hidden-figure-credited-/ 'Raye Montague, the Navy’s ‘Hidden Figure’ Ship Designer, Dies at 83:' https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/18/obituaries/raye-montague-a-navy-hidden-figure-ship-designer-dies-at-83.html 'Arkansas’ ‘Hidden Figure’ Raye Montague Dies at 83:' https://www.ebony.com/news-views/arkansas-hidden-figure-raye-montague-dies-at-83 'Janelle Monáe Honors ‘Hidden Figure’ And Naval Engineer Raye Montague:' https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/janelle-monae-hidden-figure-raye-montague_us_58ac50d5e4b0f077b3ee04e7 'REAL-LIFE ‘HIDDEN FIGURE’ RAYE MONTAGUE DIES AT 83:' https://blackdoctor.org/512198/raye-montague-navy/ Raye Jean Jordan Montague (1935–2018): http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=5565 Raye Montague (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raye_Montague