Pearl Irma Young (1895 – 1968) became the first female technical employee of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which evolved to become today's NASA.

She became Chief Technical Editor at NACA's Langley Instrument Research Laboratory, and an engineering professor.

She graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1919 with honors, a Phi Beta Kappa key and a triple major in physics, chemistry and mathematics.

She established an office, hired staff and formed the research reports and official documents that communicated the extraordinary technical accomplishments of Langley.

In addition to his own experimentation with flight in the late 19th century, he was the "central disseminator of aeronautical developments around the world."