At 15, Johnson began college at West Virginia State University, where her professors recognized her mathematical abilities. One of these professors, W. W Schiefflin Claytor, was the third African-American man to earn a doctoral degree in mathematics. Claytor told Johnson that she would make a good research mathematician and encouraged her to take many math classes, including a class he created specifically for her about the geometry of space. Johnson graduated college at 18 with degrees in mathematics and French. Despite her dreams of working in the mathematics field, women were limited to careers in teaching and nursing at the time. Johnson became a teacher. 5. Based on the passage, what is true about Johnson’s life after college? A=She got a job working as a research mathematician.
B=She was not immediately able to pursue the career she most wanted.
C=She began teaching at West Virginia State University.
D=She started developing new theories about the geometry of space.