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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 women’s lives and...
Jan 24, 2017 · In the late 19th and early 20thcentury, female “computers” at Harvard University analyzed star photos to learn more about their basic properties. These women made discoveries still...
Feb 7, 2017 · The diversity of Nasa’s workforce in 1940s Virginia is uncovered in a new book by Margot Lee Shetterly. She recalls how a visit to her home town led to a revelation
Sep 7, 2016 · “Hidden Figures,” Shetterly’s first book, is the story of the nearly forgotten black women who worked at the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia — the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s first field center, circa World War II. In the 1940s, these female scientists and mathematicians were the human computers behind ...
Feb 28, 2017 · Feb 28, 2017 7:12 AM. Hidden Figures: the true story behind the women who changed Nasa's place in the Space Race. WIRED speaks to Nasa's chief historian Bill Barry about the role the Katherine G....
Feb 24, 2017 · From left: Dorothy Vaughan, with Lessie Hunter and Vivian Adair (Margaret Ridenhour and Charlotte Craidon in back). Image: Courtesy of Beverly Golemba/ Margot Lee Shetterly
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Sep 25, 2016 · By Margot Lee Shetterly. Purchase. Several of the NASA researchers who made space flight possible were women. Among them were black women who played critical roles in the aeronautics...
