Gladys Mae West (née Brown), GPS & Earth Geoid Pioneer
Bio "Meet Gladys Mae West, the hidden hero behind a system billions of people rely on today"
"Millions of people around the world rely on GPS technology every day…And the development of that technology is thanks in large part to the intellect of one trailblazing woman."
Wikipedia Bio: "American mathematician known for her contributions to the mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth, and her work on the development of the satellite geodesy models that were eventually incorporated into the Global Positioning System (GPS). West was inducted into the United States Air Force Hall of Fame in 2018.
