Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race /
by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman.
- First edition.
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Includes biographies on Dorothy Jackson Vaughan (1910-2008), Mary Winston Jackson (1921-2005), Katherine Colman Goble Johnson (1918-), Dr. Christine Mann Darden (1942-).
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Women mathematicians African American women African American mathematicians Space race. African Americans Black History Month Women Children's literature Human Computers