Title Hidden figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race / Margot Lee Shetterly.

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New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2016.

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Avon Free Public Library - Paperback Book	GOOD READS LEE SHETTERLY	Check Shelf
Bloomfield at the Atrium	J920 SHE	In Processing
Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction	629.4072 LEE SHETTERLY	Check Shelf
Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department	629.4 SHE c.18	Check Shelf
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Manchester, Whiton Branch - Non Fiction	510.92 LEE SHETTERLY	Check Shelf

Edition	First William Morrow movie tie-in trade paperback edition.
Description	xviii, 349 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-328) and index.
Summary	"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"--Back cover.
Contents	A door opens -- Mobilization -- Past is prologue -- The double V -- Manifest destiny -- War birds -- The duration -- Those who move forward -- Breaking barriers -- Home by the sea -- The area rule -- Serendipity -- Turbulence -- Angle of attack -- Young, gifted, and black -- What a difference a day makes -- Outer space -- With all deliberate speed -- Model behavior -- Degrees of freedom -- Out of the past, the future -- America is for everybody -- To boldly go.
Subject	United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
	United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (OCoLC)fst00528469
	Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography.
	African American women -- Biography.
	African American mathematicians -- Biography.
	Space race.
	African American mathematicians. (OCoLC)fst00799231
	African American women. (OCoLC)fst00799438
	Employees. (OCoLC)fst00909111
	Space race. (OCoLC)fst01127802
	Women mathematicians. (OCoLC)fst01178130
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
ISBN	0062363603
	9780062363602

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