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  1. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › forgotten-blackThe True Story of “Hidden Figures,” the Forgotten Women Who ...

    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...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Margot_Lee_ShetterlyMargot Lee Shetterly - Wikipedia

    Margot Lee Shetterly (born June 30, 1969) is an American nonfiction writer who has also worked in investment banking and media startups. Her first book, Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race (2016), is about African-American women mathematicians working at NASA who were ...

  3. www.space.com › hidden-figures-congressional-goldNASA's 'Hidden Figures' women awarded Congressional Gold ...

    Sep 18, 2024 · The honorees' contributions to the space program were first brought forward in the 2016 book "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly, which in turn inspired the feature film by the same...

  4. apnews.com › article › hidden-figures-katherine'Hidden Figures' of the space race receive Congress' highest ...

    Sep 18, 2024 · “By honoring them, we honor the very best of our country’s spirit,” said author Margot Lee Shetterly, whose book “Hidden Figures” was adapted into a film in 2016. The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics – a precursor to NASA – hired hundreds of women to crunch numbers for space missions.

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  5. www.hiddenfigures.com › bioAbout Margot - Hidden Figures

    Writer, researcher, and entrepreneur Margot Lee Shetterly is the author of Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race (William Morrow/HarperCollins).

  6. www.semanticscholar.org › paper › Hidden-Figures:-TheHidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of ...

    Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race. Margot Lee Shetterly. Published 6 September 2016. Mathematics, History. Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation.

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  8. pubs.aip.org › physicstoday › articleHidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of ...

    Jan 1, 2017 · Both Nathalia Holt and Margot Lee Shetterly describe the lives of previously obscure women “computers” who worked for NASA during the earliest phases of America’s space program.