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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 Author: Shetterly, Margot Lee,
Other Authors: Conkling, Winifred,, Freeman, Laura (Illustrator),, Shetterly, Margot Lee.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Vaughan, Dorothy, -- 1910-2008 -- Juvenile literature.
Jackson, Mary, -- 1921-2005 -- Juvenile literature.
Johnson, Katherine G. -- Juvenile literature.
Darden, Christine M. -- Juvenile literature.
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Space race -- Juvenile literature.

CMU Juv Coll 2nd Floor

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