Hidden figures, the untold story of the African American women who helped win the space race, Margot Lee Shetterly
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Hidden figures, the untold story of the African American women who helped win the space race, Margot Lee Shetterly
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-328) and index
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non fiction
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Hidden figures
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Margot Lee Shetterly
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the untold story of the African American women who helped win the space race
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Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the civil rights movement, and the space race, [this book] follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA's greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances, and used their intellect to change their own lives, and their country's future
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