{"id":35988,"date":"2024-06-21T15:16:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T20:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/?p=35988"},"modified":"2024-06-25T16:16:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T21:16:48","slug":"remembering-nasas-pearl-young-und-19-1919-that-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/2024\/06\/remembering-nasas-pearl-young-und-19-1919-that-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering NASA\u2019s Pearl Young, UND \u201919 \u2014 1919, that is"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Physics, Math and Chemistry major was first female technical employee at NASA\u2019s precursor agency<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35993\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35993\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35993\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/Pearl_I._Young.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/Pearl_I._Young.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/Pearl_I._Young-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/Pearl_I._Young-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A UND graduate, Pearl Young became the first female technical employee of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which evolved to become today&#8217;s NASA. She is shown here in NACA&#8217;s Langley Instrument Research Laboratory, circa 1929. NASA photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>In the UND LEADS Strategic Plan, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/und.edu\/about\/strategic-plan\/discovery.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discovery<\/a><\/strong> core value calls on the University to foster \u201cfacilitate and enhance connections, where new and existing partners \u2015 including industry, government, and inter-institutional collaborations, among others \u2015 can easily engage, and where internal efforts to foster partnerships can be supported and flourish.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>As the story below suggests, UND has been fostering connections with NASA and its precursor agency for a very long time.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>****<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Averie Eixenberger<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today, UND Aerospace is known for its aerospace educational programs. But UND started playing a role in the aerospace industry many decades before that, as shown by UND alumna Pearl Young beginning her career more than a century ago with NACA: the National Advisory\u2019 Committee for Aeronautics, the precursor to NASA.<\/p>\n<p>Pearl Young was originally from Taopi, Minn., and graduated from UND in 1919 with majors in Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry. In 1922, Young became the first female technical employee at the NACA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was the only woman in a technical position for over a decade,\u201d said Caitlin Milera, director of the North Dakota Space Grant Consortium and research assistant professor at UND. \u201cShe started as a physicist and moved around through different divisions within the NACA.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36001\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36001\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36001 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/Caitlin-Milera-Pearl-Young.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/Caitlin-Milera-Pearl-Young.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/Caitlin-Milera-Pearl-Young-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caitlin Milera, director of the North Dakota Space Grant Consortium and research assistant professor at UND, sits by a display she prepared in connection with a presentation on Pearl Young, UND Class of 1919 and NASA pioneer. Milera recently gave a keynote address at NASA&#8217;s Langley Research Center on Young&#8217;s life and career. Photo courtesy of Caitlin Milera.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As Young continued her career at the NACA, she saw flaws in the way that technical reports were made \u2014 they lacked consistency and accuracy, and were communicated poorly. Young knew that this would prevent scientific progress and proposed that the reports be edited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s most known for her technical editing,\u201d said Milera. \u201cIt\u2019s a position that requires knowledge of multiple STEM fields, as well as English skills. She helped start divisions at NASA for technical editing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As part of her work in technical editing, Young published the \u201cStyle Guide for Engineering Authors\u201d, which was used by all of NASA, several federal agencies and universities across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was instrumental for World War II efforts,\u201d explained Milera. \u201cEspecially with the technology they were developing with airplanes at the time, knowledge had to be communicated quickly to help in the war.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>An advocate and editor<\/h2>\n<p>As new centers were created within NASA (which succeeded the NACA in 1958), Young helped establish and run new technical editing offices. As her career progressed, Young continued working at NASA and taught university courses. She retired from NASA in 1961.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe had to be an advocate,\u201d said Milera. \u201cNot only was she an advocate for herself, but she also had to be one for others, too. She had to stand up for her team and work to get a place at the table for women and technical editors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During her time at the NACA and NASA, Young fought against barriers for women in technical positions, advocating for better pay and recognition for work. In addition, Young was recognized for her networking skills, and used her connections to persist in her efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough her scrap books, she seems to be someone who stayed true to herself,\u201d said Milera. \u201cShe had a mentality that \u2018this is the right thing to do, and this is what I want to do\u2019. I don\u2019t think she would necessarily code herself as rebelling against the system; she was just trying to live her life in a time that wasn\u2019t the norm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Milera completed her dissertation on Pearl Young\u2019s life and career. She recently gave the keynote address at NASA\u2019s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) Day on her research.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPearl was at NASA Langley,\u201d said Milera. \u201cShe made a really huge impact there. We got to make a whole thing about Pearl that day, which was a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked about her research, Milera explained that she found Young to be inspirational and that the culture she promoted could be felt at NASA\u2019s Langley Research Center today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of my favorite things about her is that in letters when discussing advocacy, she would refer to it as \u2018raising hell\u2019,\u201d Milera said. \u201cShe recognized that some of her actions were against the grain, but they needed to happen in order to make progress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">****<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&gt;&gt;\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><strong>QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS<\/strong>\u00a0about the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/und.edu\/about\/strategic-plan\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UND LEADS Strategic Plan<\/a><\/strong>? Your thoughts are welcome! Please contact\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/und.edu\/directory\/angela.carpenter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Angie Carpenter<\/a><\/strong>, UND\u2019s director of Special Student Populations, and\/or\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/und.edu\/directory\/ryan.zerr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryan Zerr<\/a><\/strong>, associate vice president for Strategy &amp; Implementation, the co-chairs of the UND LEADS Implementation Committee.<\/p>\n<p>You also may offer your thoughts by visiting the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/und.edu\/about\/strategic-plan\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UND LEADS Strategic Plan home page<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and clicking on the \u201cProvide your feedback\u201d link that you\u2019ll find there.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your support of the UND LEADS Strategic Plan!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">****<\/p>\n<h2>About the author:<\/h2>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32610 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/Averie-Eixenberger.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"199\" \/>Averie Eixenberger is a Commercial Aviation and English major at UND. After graduation, she hopes to pursue a career as an airline pilot and work within aviation journalism.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Discovery\u2019 strategic priority: \u2018Facilitate connections, where new and existing partners\u2019 \u2015 including industry and government \u2015 \u2018can easily engage\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":35993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[38,16,1127,55],"class_list":["post-35988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-und","tag-alumni-association-foundation","tag-arts-sciences","tag-discovery","tag-john-d-odegard-school-of-aerospace-sciences"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Remembering NASA\u2019s Pearl Young, UND \u201919 \u2014 1919, that is - UND Today<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/2024\/06\/remembering-nasas-pearl-young-und-19-1919-that-is\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Remembering NASA\u2019s Pearl Young, UND \u201919 \u2014 1919, that is - UND Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u2018Discovery\u2019 strategic priority: \u2018Facilitate connections, where new and existing partners\u2019 \u2015 including industry and government \u2015 \u2018can easily engage\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/2024\/06\/remembering-nasas-pearl-young-und-19-1919-that-is\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UND Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-21T20:16:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-25T21:16:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/\/srv\/htdocs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/Pearl_I._Young.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"682\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"UND Today\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"UND Today\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/und-today\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/remembering-nasas-pearl-young-und-19-1919-that-is\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/und-today\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/remembering-nasas-pearl-young-und-19-1919-that-is\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"UND Today\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/und-today\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6d75904e56fd4224cbe50dab6857dc00\"},\"headline\":\"Remembering NASA\u2019s Pearl Young, UND \u201919 \u2014 1919, that is\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-21T20:16:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-25T21:16:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/und-today\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/remembering-nasas-pearl-young-und-19-1919-that-is\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":930,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/und-today\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/remembering-nasas-pearl-young-und-19-1919-that-is\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/und-today\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/7\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Pearl_I._Young.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Alumni Association &amp; Foundation\",\"College of Arts &amp; Sciences\",\"Discovery\",\"John D. 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