Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer
A NOTE ON CHEROKEE VALUES While a written guidebook on Cherokee values does not exist important lessons have been taught by Cherokee families to their children across the generations Mary Golda Ross's parents instilled the tribe's values in their children Some of the values that shaped Mary include gaining skills in all areas of life both within and outside the classroom working cooperatively with others remaining humble when recognize your talents and helping ensure equal education and opportunity for all For future engineers mathematicians and scientists do the best you can as Mary would say I'm rooting for you T.S. For Mrs. Barbara Sunday and all the teachers at Sentinel Secondary who encouraged me to follow an unusual path with gratitude N.D.
Do the best you can and search out available knowledge and build on it I started with a firm foundation in mathematics and qualities that came down to me from my Indian heritage Mary Golda Ross April 2008
Young Mary Golda Ross pushed her pencil across the page Puzzling out math equations made her happy Teenage girls in the 1920s weren't expected to enjoy or excel in math or science
