Catalog
Medal - Dorothy Vaughan
| Location | United States |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a high-relief frontal effigy of Dorothy J. Vaughan, depicted from the shoulders up with a gentle expression. The legend DOROTHY J. VAUGHAN arcs along the lower rim, while ACT OF CONGRESS 2019 appears in the right field. A border of stylized piano keys encircles the inner design, and the engravers' initials RaM and PH appear at the lower left and lower right of the field respectively. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a figural scene in high relief depicting Dorothy J. Vaughan in a teaching pose before a mainframe computer, her right arm extended toward two seated colleagues who take notes. Radiating sun rays in the upper field symbolize enlightenment, with the inscribed quotation I CHANGED WHAT I COULD, AND WHAT I COULDN'T, I ENDURED. occupying the central field. Along the lower exergue, three bullet-pointed inscriptions reference her key achievements, and engravers' initials ESD and JPM appear at the lower left and lower right respectively. |
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