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
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The work Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Rockport Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
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- Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race
- Title remainder
- the true story of four black women and the space race
- Statement of responsibility
- by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- Subject
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- African American women
- African American women
- African American women -- Biography
- African Americans -- Biography
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- African American mathematicians
- Employees
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Mathematics
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
- Jackson, Mary, 1921-2005 -- Biography
- Johnson, Katherine G. -- Biography
- Juvenile works
- Space race
- Space race
- Space race -- Juvenile literature
- United States
- United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Juvenile literature
- United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Juvenile literature
- Vaughan, Dorothy, 1910-2008 -- Biography
- Women -- Biography
- Women mathematicians
- Women mathematicians
- Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography
- Darden, Christine M. -- Biography
- African American mathematicians
- African American mathematicians -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- 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-)
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- Dewey number
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- 510.92/520973
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- Ages 4-8
- LC call number
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- QA27.5
- QA28
- LC item number
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- .L44 2018
- .S538 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Target audience
- juvenile
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