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Hidden figures : the true story of four Black women and the space race

Author

Shetterly, Margot Lee, author.

Title

Hidden figures : the true story of four Black women and the space race / by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman.

Format

Book

Edition

First edition.

Published

New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] ©2018

Description

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

URL

<Image> http://www.perma-bound.com/ws/image/cover/000154111/m

Other contributors

Conkling, Winifred, author. Freeman, Laura (Illustrator), illustrator. Adaptation of (expression): Shetterly, Margot Lee. Hidden figures.

Portion of title

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

Ages 4-8.

Subject headings

Vaughan, Dorothy, 1910-2008--Biography--Juvenile literature. Jackson, Mary, 1921-2005--Biography--Juvenile literature. Johnson, Katherine G.--Biography--Juvenile literature. Darden, Christine M.--Biography--Juvenile literature. United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Officials and employees--Juvenile literature. United States--National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Officials and employees--Biography--Juvenile literature. Women mathematicians--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature. African American women--Biography--Juvenile literature. African American mathematicians--Biography--Juvenile literature. Space race--Juvenile literature. African American women Biography Juvenile literature. African American mathematicians Biography Juvenile literature. Women mathematicians United States Biography Juvenile literature. Space race Juvenile literature.

Genre heading

Picture books for children. Children's picture books. Biographies. Literature. Picture books. Biographies. Biography. Juvenile works.

ISBN

9780062742469 (hardcover) 0062742469 (hardcover)