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  1. Jan 1, 2022 · Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation. Originally relegated to teaching math in the South's segregated public schools, they were called into service during the labor shortages of World War II, when America's aeronautics industry was in dire need ...

  2. Sep 8, 2016 · “These women were both ordinary and they were extraordinary,” says Margot Lee Shetterly. Her new book Hidden Figures shines light on the inner details of these womens lives and...

  3. Hidden Figures -- the American Dream and the untold story of the black women mathematicians who helped win the space race. non-fiction book by Margot Lee Shetterly, has won numerous awards for her research on women in computing.

  4. May 26, 2020 · The movie Hidden Figure s introduces three of these women: Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Dorothy Vaughan. While their stories are compelling, the work of their colleagues who...

  5. Sep 6, 2016 · Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement and the Space Race, Hidden Figures follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson,...

    • 0062363611, 9780062363619
    • Margot Lee Shetterly
    • 384 pages
  6. Jan 12, 2023 · 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.

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  8. three brilliant African-American women at NASA: Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson. The movie highlights their intelligence, sisterhood, and perseverance, as well as the racial and gender

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