# Gladys West: The Hidden Figure Behind GPS

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- Published: 2024-08-13T09:15:33-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image caption: Gladys West in the 1980s during her days as a mathematician and computer programmer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, in Dahlgren, Va. Image source: Gladys West. Article by Willie D. Jones. IEEE Spectrum – July 30, 2024. Schoolchildren around the world are told that they have the potential to be great, often with the cheery phrase: “The sky’s the limit!” Gladys West took those words literally. While working for four decades as a mathematician and computer programmer at the U.S. Naval Proving Ground (now the Naval […] Click here to view original web page at spectrum.ieee.org