Hidden figures : the true story of four Black women and the space race
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Author
Shetterly, Margot Lee,
Contributors
Conkling, Winifred, author.
Freeman, Laura (Illustrator), illustrator.
Shetterly, Margot Lee. Hidden figures.
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Juvenile Collection - 3rd Floor
QA27.5 .S548 2018
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LC Subjects
African American mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Darden, Christine M. -- Juvenile literature
Jackson, Mary, -- 1921-2005 -- Juvenile literature.
Johnson, Katherine G. -- Juvenile literature
Juvenile literature.
Picture books for children.
Picture books.
Space race -- Juvenile literature.
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Juvenile literature.
Vaughan, Dorothy, -- 1910-2008 -- Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Bisac Subjects
Juvenile Nonfiction -- Biography & Autobiography -- Science & Technology.
Juvenile Nonfiction -- Mathematics.
Juvenile Nonfiction -- People & Places -- United States -- African American.
OCLC Fast Subjects
African American mathematicians.
African American women.
Biographies.
Darden, Christine M
Employees.
Jackson, Mary, -- 1921-2005
Johnson, Katherine G. -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxmJ7B8cFJTQhCXT8DMP
Juvenile works.
Picture books.
Space race.
United States. -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Vaughan, Dorothy, -- 1910-2008
Women mathematicians.
Other Subjects
African American mathematicians
African American women
African Americans -- Biography
African Americans.
Astronautics.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Biography
Children's picture books. -- NZ-WeK
Conquête de l'espace -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Juvenile works.
Livres d'images.
Mathematicians -- United States.
Mathématiciennes -- États-Unis -- Biographies -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Mathématiciens noirs américains -- Biographies -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Noires américaines -- Biographies -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
picture books.
Space race
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees.
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Women -- Biography
Women mathematicians
Women.

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Format
Book
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Lexile measure
980

Notes

Description
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- ).
Description
Katherine, Dorothy, Mary, and Christine were all good at math. Really good. And it was their understanding of numbers that helped them do what seemed impossible. They were women, and they were African-American, and they lived during a time when being black and a woman limited what they could do. But Katherine, Dorothy, Mary, and Christine were hardworking and persistent and, most important, smart. And that's why NASA hired them to do the math that would one day send the United States into space for the very first time. New York Times bestselling author Margot Lee Shetterly and illustrator Laura Freeman bring to life the inspiring story of the struggles of these four "hidden figures" and what they overcame to succeed. The math work they did would change not only their own lives, but the face of air and space travel forever--From dust jacket.
Target Audience
Ages 4-8.
Target Audience
980L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,LG,5.8,0.5.
Awards
Coretta Scott King Award Honor Book, 2019
Awards
American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project, 2019
Awards
ALA Black Caucus Award for Nonfiction, 2017
Local note
SACFinal081324

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Shetterly, M. L., Conkling, W., Freeman, L. (., & Shetterly, M. L. (2018). Hidden figures: the true story of four Black women and the space race (First edition.). Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Margot Lee, Shetterly et al.. 2018. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race. New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Margot Lee, Shetterly et al.. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Shetterly, M. L., Conkling, W., Freeman, L. (. and Shetterly, M. L. (2018). Hidden figures: the true story of four black women and the space race. First edn. New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Shetterly, Margot Lee,, Winifred Conkling, Laura (Illustrator) Freeman, and Margot Lee Shetterly. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race First edition., Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.

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