Katherine Johnson was a hero to many different people. To people of the darker race she showed them that you can do anything, even though they were discriminated against at the time. To girls she showed them that you can do anything a guy can do, and in Johnson's case, even better. To the people at NASA, she was the woman who loved to count. She carved a path to space. She contribute society by y giving us our knowledge of space. She helped to send the first man into space. Without Johnson's help we would not have gone into space at the time, and this would change history forever.