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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.
Jan 16, 2018 · Based on the New York Times bestselling book and the Academy Award–nominated movie, author Margot Lee Shetterly and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award winner Laura Freeman bring the incredibly inspiring true story of four black women who helped NASA launch men into space to picture book readers!
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Sep 8, 2016 · Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race. The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose ...
Jan 16, 2018 · And therefore, while I do think that Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race is a very important picture book biography on a very necessary topic, I do have to admit that the too dry and sometimes a bit tedious and monotonous style of Margot Lee Shetterly's literary expression does end up making me consider Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race with only three stars, a very high and appreciative three stars to be sure, but not yet ...
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These four female African American mathematicians broke the color barrier and made history—helping to put US astronauts into space. Good For: Fans of the Hit Movie, Powerful Female Role Models, Breaking the Glass Ceiling, Honoring the Achievements of African Americans, Inspiring Tomorrow’s Scientists Today<br><br>Topics and Themes:<br>African American Women, Mathematics, NASA, Space Travel, “Human” Calculators, Race and Gender Discrimination, Civil Rights, Cold War, Space Race<br>
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Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race: Directed by Melissa Ellard. With Octavia Spencer. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really good.
Jan 16, 2018 · Laura has illustrated many fine children’s books over the years, including Fancy Party Gowns: The Story of Fashion Designer Ann Cole Lowe, written by Deborah Blumenthal, and the Coretta Scott King Honor Book Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race, by Margot Lee Shetterly. Laura now lives in Atlanta, Georgia ...
