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Hidden Figure Who Helped Create GPS Finally Recognized
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Hidden Figure Who Helped Create GPS Finally Recognized

After decades of being overlooked, mathematician Gladys West, who calculated Earth's shape for the development of GPS, is finally being recognized.

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