Hidden Figures: Young Readers’ Edition

by Margot Lee Shetterly

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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
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​​​​​​​ African American Women, Mathematics, NASA, Space Travel, “Human” Calculators, Race and Gender Discrimination, Civil Rights, Cold War, Space Race

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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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  • ISBN 13: 978-1-339-01753-2