Hidden Figures
The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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-).
Other Authors:
Conkling, Winifred, author.
Freeman, Laura (Illustrator), illustrator.
Adaptation of (expression): Shetterly, Margot Lee. Hidden figures.
Conkling, Winifred, author.
Freeman, Laura (Illustrator), illustrator.
Adaptation of (expression): Shetterly, Margot Lee. Hidden figures.
Subjects:
Vaughan, Dorothy, 1910-2008 -- Juvenile literature.
Jackson, Mary, 1921-2005 -- Juvenile literature.
Johnson, Katherine G. -- Juvenile literature.
Darden, Christine M. -- Juvenile literature.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Juvenile literature.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- 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.
Women mathematicians -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Vaughan, Dorothy, 1910-2008 -- Juvenile literature.
Jackson, Mary, 1921-2005 -- Juvenile literature.
Johnson, Katherine G. -- Juvenile literature.
Darden, Christine M. -- Juvenile literature.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Juvenile literature.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- 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.
Women mathematicians -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: Ages 4-8.
ISBN:
9780062742469
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C BIOGRAPHY Collective AF AM Hidden | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Collective Hidden | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Collective Hidden | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Collective Hidden | Sandhills Indoors | Children's Biography | In |
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, 2019.