Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race

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Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race

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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-).

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Vaughan, Dorothy Johnson, 1910-2008

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Dorothy Johnson Vaughan (b. September 10, 1910, Kansas City, Missouri-d. November 10, 2008, Hampton, Virginia), NARA mathematician best known for her work in the West Computers Group at Langley Memorial Aeronautics Labratory....

Johnson, Katherine Coleman Goble, 1918-2020

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Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson (b. August 26, 1918, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia-d. February 24, 2020), African-American mathematician best known for calculating for NASA space missions....