Hidden figures :
Lee Shetterly, Margot
Hidden figures : the untold story of the African American women who helped win the space race / Margot Lee Shetterly - London : William Collins, 2017 - xviii, 346 p.
Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the civil rights movement, and the space race, [this book] follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson,Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA's greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances, and used their intellect to change their own lives, and their country's future.
9780008201326
United States.--Officials and employees--Biography.
African American mathematicians--Biography.
African American women--Biography.
Space race.
Women mathematicians--United States--Biography.
510.92 / Sh59
Hidden figures : the untold story of the African American women who helped win the space race / Margot Lee Shetterly - London : William Collins, 2017 - xviii, 346 p.
Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the civil rights movement, and the space race, [this book] follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson,Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA's greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances, and used their intellect to change their own lives, and their country's future.
9780008201326
United States.--Officials and employees--Biography.
African American mathematicians--Biography.
African American women--Biography.
Space race.
Women mathematicians--United States--Biography.
510.92 / Sh59