Hidden figures the true story of four black women and the space race

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...

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Main Authors:	Shetterly, Margot Lee (Author), Conkling, Winifred (Author)
Other Authors:	Freeman, Laura (Illustrator) (Illustrator), Shetterly, Margot Lee.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Vaughan, Dorothy, > 1910-2008 > Juvenile nonfiction. Jackson, Mary, > 1921-2005 > Juvenile nonfiction. Johnson, Katherine G. > Juvenile nonfiction. Darden, Christine M. > Juvenile nonfiction. United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Officials and employees > Biography > Juvenile. Women mathematicians > United States > Biography > Juvenile. African American women > Biography > Juvenile. African American mathematicians > Biography > Juvenile. Space race > Juvenile nonfiction. Biographies > Juvenile.