Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race / by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman.
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-).
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062742469
- ISBN: 0062742469
- ISBN: 9781338562286
- ISBN: 1338562282
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
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Target Audience Note: | 980L Lexile |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR LG 5.8 0.5 193339. |
Awards Note: | Amelia Bloomer Book List, 2019 |
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Trails Regional-Concordia | J 510.925 She (Text) | 2204720593 | Juvenile Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Trails Regional-Knob Noster | J 510.925 She (Text) | 2204720615 | Juvenile Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Bollinger County Library | YA 510.92 SHE (Text) | 32713200009410 | Young Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Camden County Library District - Camdenton | E 510.92 Shetterly (Text) | 31320003615668 | Easy Books | Available | - |
Cape Girardeau Public Library | 510.925 SHE (Text) | 33042004525203 | Juvenile Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Caruthersville Public Library | J510.92 SHE (Text) | 38417100415753 | Juvenile Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Harrisonville | J 510.92 SHE 2018 (Text) | 0002205062991 | Juvenile Non-Fiction | On holds shelf | - |
Cedar County - El Dorado Springs | J 510.925 SHE (Text) | 3482700047633 | Juvenile Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Cedar County - Stockton | J 510.925 SHE (Text) | 3482700047394 | Juvenile Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Crawford County Library-Bourbon | J510.92 SHE (Text) | 33431000537181 | J Non-Fiction | Available | - |