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| 100 | 1 | _aLee Shetterly, Margot | |
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_aHidden figures : _bthe untold story of the African American women who helped win the space race / _cMargot Lee Shetterly |
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_aLondon : _bWilliam Collins, _c2017 |
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| 300 | _axviii, 346 p. | ||
| 520 | _aStarting 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. | ||
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_aUnited States. _xOfficials and employees _vBiography. |
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_aAfrican American mathematicians _vBiography. |
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_aAfrican American women _vBiography. |
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| 650 | 0 | _aSpace race. | |
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_aWomen mathematicians _zUnited States _vBiography. |
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