Hidden Figures
The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race. William Morrow, 2016.
A brief summary of Hidden Figures
An inspirational and illuminating story of the brilliant Black women who worked at NASA and helped the United States achieve several landmarks in space exploration, all while facing discrimination and having to be segregated from their white colleagues.
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Who should read Hidden Figures
Space enthusiasts • historians • mathematicians • engineers • those wanting to learn the unknown stories of some of America’s greatest heroes
About the author of Hidden Figures
Margot Lee Shetterly is a historian, writer, and researcher, who was born and raised in Virginia and knows the people and places featured in her narrative. She is also the founder of an organization dedicated to uncovering and organizing the contributions of women to NACA and NASA, called The Human Computer Project.
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