Hidden Figures: Young Readers’ Edition
by Margot Lee ShetterlyImages
- Grades: 5 - 9
- Ages: 11 - 14
- Format: Paperback Book
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Short Summary
The powerful story of the African American female mathematicians at NASA who helped put a man on the moon is now available in an accessible format for younger readers.
Good For:
Fans of the Hit Movie, Powerful Female Role Models, Breaking the Glass Ceiling, Honoring the Achievements of African Americans, Inspiring Tomorrow’s Scientists Today
Topics and Themes:
African American Women, Mathematics, NASA, Space Travel, “Human” Calculators, Race and Gender Discrimination, Civil Rights, Cold War, Space Race
The powerful story of the African American female mathematicians at NASA who helped put a man on the moon is now available in an accessible format for younger readers.
Good For:
Fans of the Hit Movie, Powerful Female Role Models, Breaking the Glass Ceiling, Honoring the Achievements of African Americans, Inspiring Tomorrow’s Scientists Today
Topics and Themes:
African American Women, Mathematics, NASA, Space Travel, “Human” Calculators, Race and Gender Discrimination, Civil Rights, Cold War, Space Race
Product Details
https://clubs.scholastic.com/hidden-figures%3A-young-readers%E2%80%99-edition/9781339017532-rco-us.htmlSummary
Before John Glenn orbited the earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated women known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space.
This book brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, who lived through the Civil Rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the movement for gender equality, and whose work forever changed the face of NASA and the country.
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This book brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, who lived through the Civil Rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the movement for gender equality, and whose work forever changed the face of NASA and the country.
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Product Details
- Grades: 5 - 9
- Ages: 11 - 14
- Product Type: Book
- Language: English
- Subject & Themes: Women, Black, African & African American, Math, American History, 20th Century America
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Narrative Nonfiction
- ISBN 13: 978-1-339-01753-2
