Photo: Erin Silber Photography
Visitors to the First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City will soon be greeted by a bronze statue of one of Indian Country's leading female rocket scientists: Mary Golda Ross of the Cherokee Nation. The statue is slated to be installed on February 22, 2022. Golda Ross, born in 1908 and passed away at the age of 99, contributed to contemporary studies of orbiting satellites, crewed Earth-orbit flights and created preliminary designs for flyby missions to Mars and Venus. She was the first woman engineer of Lockheed. After retiring she dedicated herself to encouraging indigenous youth--particularly women to pursue the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. “As a member of the Cherokee Nation, one of the 39 tribal nations in Oklahoma, we honor her for her many accomplishments,” says James Pepper Henry (Kaw Nation), director of the First Americans Museum.
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