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

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shetterly, Margot Lee (Author), Conkling, Winifred (Author)
Other Authors: Freeman, Laura (Illustrator) (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Vaughan, Dorothy, > 1910-2008 > Juvenile literature.
Jackson, Mary, > 1921-2005 > Juvenile literature.
Johnson, Katherine G. > Juvenile literature.
Darden, Christine M. > Juvenile literature.
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Officials and employees > Juvenile literature.
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Juvenile literature.
Johnson, Katherine G.
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Women mathematicians > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African American women > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African American mathematicians > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Space race > Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians.
African American women.
African American mathematicians.
Space race.
African Americans > Biography.
Women > Biography.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Biography & Autobiography > Science & Technology.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Mathematics.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > People & Places > United States > African American.
Employees.
United States.
Picture books.
Picture books for children.
Biographies.
Biography.
Juvenile works.
Children's picture books.
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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- ).
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Audience:Ages 4-8.
ISBN:9780062742469
0062742469