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

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Location	Collection	Call #
Carnegie Free Library of Swissvale	Children Non-Fiction	child rm J 510 She
Location	Carnegie Free Library of Swissvale
Collection	Children Non-Fiction
Call Number	child rm J 510 She

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Summary

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 timeline and glossary.

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Subjects	United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. African American mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Space race -- Juvenile literature. Women mathematicians. African American mathematicians. Mathematicians. African American women. Space race. African Americans -- Biography. Women -- Biography. Biographies.
Publisher	New York, NY :Scholastic Inc.,2019
Contributors	Conkling, Winifred, author. Freeman, Laura (Illustrator), illustrator.
Language	English
Notes	"This edition is available for distribution only through the school market"--Page 4 of cover.
Awards	Coretta Scott King Honor Book, illustrator, 2019
Description	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
ISBN	9781338566420 1338566423 9781338562286 1338562282
Other	Classic View