Poppy Northcutt was initially barred from working overtime due to laws restricting women's working hours, so she worked extra hours without pay to prove her qualifications.
Sources
- Inside Apollo mission control, from the eyes of the first woman on the job (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/jillgriffin/2019/07/17/how-poppy-northcutt-helped-put-a-man-on-the-moon/ (forbes.com)
- https://galacticjourney.org/tag/poppy-northcutt/ (galacticjourney.org)
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