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Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() Moving from World War II through NASA's golden age, touching on the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the women's rights movement, Hidden Figures interweaves a rich history of mankind's greatest adventure with the intimate stories of five courageous women whose work forever changed the world. Segregated from their white counterparts, these 'colored computers' used pencil and paper to write the equations that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. ![]() Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Set amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA's African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America's space program.īefore Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as 'Human Computers', calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic achievements. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race Margot Lee Shetterly 12,777 Kindle Edition 11.49 Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWIIs Most Highly Decorated Spy Larry Loftis 3,089 Kindle Edition 13. Oscar Nominated For Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay ![]()
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