Bloggers Meet and Greet April 2019- Dr. Gladys West

* * *Have Yo Heard About the woman behind GPS Technology?* * * 

Although Black History Month was celebrated in February, it is never too late to celebrate an awesome person. We should celebrate their greatness year round. At today's Meet and Greet we are celebrating Dr. Gladys West.

Dr. Gladys West

When you use your GPS (Global Positioning System) daily, do you ever think about who was instrumental in starting this system? I sure wish it was around when I first started driving. I remember my husband nor myself had driven on the highway. We were only 19 -years-old. So we looked at a map to determine our travel to Kentucky to see his mother and other siblings. We traveled I-75. As we approached the Mackinaw Bridge, I told my husband I think we are going the wrong direction. Kentucky is not near this bridge. We sure could have used a GPS system then, because that was really a long trip.

Dr. Gladys West, a black woman from Virginia, knew at an early age that she did not want to work in the fields picking cotton as her parents did. She worked at Grenada for 42 years. Her contributions to GPS were uncovered when a member of West’s sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, read a short biography West submitted for an alumni function.

She said, “When you’re working every day, you’re not thinking, “What impact is this going to have on the world?’ You’re thinking, “I’ve got to get this right.” I could not agree with her more.

Source:

 Blackdoctor.org.

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