Hidden figures, the true story of four black women and the space race, by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
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Hidden figures, the true story of four black women and the space race, by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
Language
eng
resource.biographical
collective biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
Ages 4 to 8
resource.interestGradeLevel
Preschool to grade 3
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Hidden figures
Oclc number
985072992
Responsibility statement
by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
Sub title
the true story of four black women and the space race
Summary
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 Winston Jackson (1921-2005), Katherine Colman Goble Johnson (1918-), Dr. Christine Mann Darden (1942-)
Target audience
primary
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- Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African American mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Women mathematicians -- Juvenile literature
- Space race -- Juvenile literature
- African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African American mathematicians -- Juvenile literature
- African American women -- Juvenile literature
- Biographies -- Juvenile literature
- Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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- Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African American mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Women mathematicians -- Juvenile literature
- Space race -- Juvenile literature
- African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African American mathematicians -- Juvenile literature
- African American women -- Juvenile literature
- Biographies -- Juvenile literature
- Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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