Born: July 11, 1916, United States
Died: August 16, 1993
Country most active: United States
Kitty O’Brien Joyner joined the NACA, the precursor to NASA, in 1939 as an electrical engineer after graduating from the University of Virginia (UVA). She was the first woman to graduate from UVA’s engineering program and the NACA’s first female engineer. Joyner spent her career working in and managing wind tunnels and supersonic flight research.