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

By Shetterly, Margot Lee, author.
Conkling, Winifred, author.
Freeman, Laura (Illustrator), illustrator.

Audience Youth 0-15 years

Published [2018] by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, NY

ISBN 9780062742469

Bib Id 2168471

Edition First edition.

Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

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02713cam a2200469Ii 4500
LCCN
2017-942901
ISBN
9780062742469 (hardcover) $18.00
0062742469
Call #
J 510.92 S
Author
Shetterly, Margot Lee, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2016025954
Title
Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
[2018] by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, NY :
Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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-).
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Subject
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.
Added Author
Conkling, Winifred, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87910992
Freeman, Laura (Illustrator), illustrator. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015169860
Shetterly, Margot Lee.

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