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Jul 4, 2023 · My guest today is Margot Lee Shetterly. She's best known as the author of Hidden Figures, the hugely influential book turned movie about the Black women mathematicians at NASA who were responsible for some of the key calculations in the space race.
Now she's the author of the number-one New York Times bestseller "Hidden Figures," which chronicles the challenges and contributions of the Black women who worked at NASA from the 1930s through the 1960s.
Oct 25, 2016 · Growing up in Hampton, Virginia, author Margot Shetterly took for granted that scientists and mathematicians would as often as not be female and nonwhite. But after leaving the...
Sep 7, 2016 · Author Margot Lee Shetterly. “The title of this book is something of a misnomer,” Shetterly noted. “The history that came together in these pages wasn’t so much hidden, but unseen — fragments patiently biding their time in footnotes, family anecdotes and musty folders before returning to view.”
Dec 21, 2016 · The process of working on Hidden Figures has been a whirlwind for her—the film rights were optioned before the book was even published. We discussed the adaptation, the concepts of historical canon and intersectionality, and what’s next for her. Article continues after advertisement.
Margot Lee Shetterly's bestseller is now an Oscar-nominated movie. She discusses the book, the film, her links to the true story and more.
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).
