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. And they used their genius minds to change the world. And they did so during a time when being black and a woman limited what they could do.īut they worked hard. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly 4.4 (48) Paperback (Reprint) 16.99 18.99 Save 11 Hardcover 27.99 Paperback 16.99 eBook 13.49 Audiobook 0.00 Large Print 33. They participated in some of NASA's greatest successes, like providing the calculations for America's first journeys into space. Delivery for this book is approximately 10 daysīased on the New York Times bestselling book and the Academy Award-nominated movie, author Margot Lee Shetterly and illustrator Laura Freeman, bring the incredibly inspiring true story of four black women who helped NASA launch men into space to picture book readers.ĭorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math.really good.
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