TECHNOLOGY
Shetterly, Margot Lee

Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space

(3) 4-6 The talented black women working at NASA's Langley facility in the mid-twentieth century started as mathematics "human computers," but persisted through racism and sexism to make significant contributions as engineers, analysts, and programmers. Shetterly's outstanding young readers' edition of her similarly titled adult book highlights the intersecting worlds of educated, middle-class southern African Americans and Cold War space program scientists. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind.

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