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Name: Hidden Figures : the True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
Author: Shetterly, Margot Lee
ISBN: [978-0-06-274246-9,0-06-274246-9]

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Hidden Figures : the True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

Author: Shetterly, Margot Lee

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Follett Number: 1190HL3
Audience: Lower Elementary
Publisher: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018
Format: 1 volume : color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-274246-9
ISBN-10: 0-06-274246-9
LCCN: 2017-942901
Dewey: 510
Classifications: Nonfiction

Subjects:

African Americans

Mathematicians

Picture Books

Space Race

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Officials and Employees

Women

"Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as -human computers- used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. This book brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African-American women who lived through the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the movement for gender equality, and whose work forever changed the face of NASA and the country"--Amazon.com.

From the publisher:
Based on the New York Times bestselling book and the Academy Award-nominated movie, author Margot Lee Shetterly and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award winner Laura Freeman bring the incredibly inspiring true story of four black women who helped NASA launch men into space to picture book readers Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really good. They participated in some of NASA's greatest successes, like providing the calculations for America's first journeys into space. And they did so during a time when being black and a woman limited what they could do. But they worked hard. They persisted. And they used their genius minds to change the world. In this beautifully illustrated picture book edition, we explore the story of four female African American mathematicians at NASA, known as "colored computers," and how they overcame gender and racial barriers to succeed in a highly challenging STEM-based career. "Finally, the extraordinary lives of four African American women who helped NASA put the first men in space is available for picture book readers," proclaims Brightly in their article "18 Must-Read Picture Books of 2018." "Will inspire girls and boys alike to love math, believe in themselves, and reach for the stars."

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