The Resource Hidden figures : the untold story of the African-American women who helped win the space race, Margot Lee Shetterly
Hidden figures : the untold story of the African-American women who helped win the space race, Margot Lee Shetterly
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- Summary
- 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. Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as 'Human Computers', calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic achievements. Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Segregated from their white counterparts, these 'colored computers' used pencil and paper to write the equations that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. 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
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Hidden figures : the untold story of the African-American women who helped win the space race
- Title
- Hidden figures
- Title remainder
- the untold story of the African-American women who helped win the space race
- Statement of responsibility
- Margot Lee Shetterly
- Subject
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- African American women -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Discrimination in employment -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- African American professional employees -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- History
- United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees
- Transport
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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. Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as 'Human Computers', calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic achievements. Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Segregated from their white counterparts, these 'colored computers' used pencil and paper to write the equations that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. 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
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- Shetterly, Margot Lee
- Dewey number
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- 629.4'08996'073
- 629.408996073
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- United States
- African American professional employees
- African American women
- Discrimination in employment
- Race discrimination
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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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- volume
- Carrier MARC source
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- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9780008201289
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 384 pages
- Isbn
- 9780008201289
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Label
- Hidden figures : the untold story of the African-American women who helped win the space race, Margot Lee Shetterly
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9780008201289
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 384 pages
- Isbn
- 9780008201289
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
Subject
- African American women -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Discrimination in employment -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- African American professional employees -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- History
- United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees
- Transport
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