The Resource Hidden figures : the untold story of the African American women who helped win the space race, Margot Lee Shetterly
Hidden figures : the untold story of the African American women who helped win the space race, Margot Lee Shetterly
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The item Hidden figures : the untold story of the African American women who helped win the space race, Margot Lee Shetterly represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xviii, 346 pages
- Note
- First published: 2016
- Isbn
- 9780008201326
- Label
- Hidden figures : the untold story of the African American women who helped win the space race
- Title
- Hidden figures
- Title remainder
- the untold story of the African American women who helped win the space race
- Statement of responsibility
- Margot Lee Shetterly
- Subject
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- African American mathematicians -- Biography
- trueAfrican American women
- trueAfrican American women -- Biography
- trueBooks to movies
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- African American
- trueRace relations
- trueRacism in employment
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueScience writing -- Space and flight
- trueSpace programs -- International competition
- trueSpace race
- trueUnited States -- History -- 20th century
- trueUnited States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- trueWomen mathematicians
- Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography
- trueRacism in politics and government
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Summary
- An account of the previously unheralded but pivotal contributions of NASA's African-American women mathematicians to America's space program describes how they were segregated from their white counterparts by Jim Crow laws in spite of their groundbreaking successes
- Award
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- Amelia Bloomer List, 2017
- ALA Notable Book, 2017.
- BCALA Literary Award for Nonfiction, 2017.
- Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults, 2016.
- National Academies Communication Award, 2017.
- Biography type
- collective biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10494586
- Cataloging source
- QBCL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lee Shetterly, Margot
- Dewey number
- 510.92520973
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- United States
- Women mathematicians
- African American women
- African American mathematicians
- Space race
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race
- Label
- Hidden figures : the untold story of the African American women who helped win the space race, Margot Lee Shetterly
- Note
- First published: 2016
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-328) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000059508325
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- xviii, 346 pages
- Isbn
- 9780008201326
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)969401516
- Label
- Hidden figures : the untold story of the African American women who helped win the space race, Margot Lee Shetterly
- Note
- First published: 2016
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-328) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000059508325
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- xviii, 346 pages
- Isbn
- 9780008201326
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)969401516
Subject
- African American mathematicians -- Biography
- trueAfrican American women
- trueAfrican American women -- Biography
- trueBooks to movies
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- African American
- trueRace relations
- trueRacism in employment
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueScience writing -- Space and flight
- trueSpace programs -- International competition
- trueSpace race
- trueUnited States -- History -- 20th century
- trueUnited States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- trueWomen mathematicians
- Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography
- trueRacism in politics and government
Genre
- trueScience writing
- trueHistory writing
- trueBooks to movies
- trueBiography
- trueAdult books for young adults
Included in
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Science & Technology Books: 2016
- trueSpace Race
- trueNational Academies Communication Award
- trueHistorical Women
- trueALA Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2017
- trueAfrican American History
- trueAfrican American History (Teens)
- trueAmelia Bloomer Lists - Young Adult Nonfiction: 2017
- trueBCALA Literary Award: Nonfiction Category
- trueBook Club Best Bets for Nonfiction Fans
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Adult Nonfiction for Young Adults: 2016
- trueGreat Minds
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Awards
Awards of Hidden figures : the untold story of the African American women who helped win the space race, Margot Lee Shetterly- Award
- Amelia Bloomer List, 2017
- Award
- ALA Notable Book, 2017.
- Award
- BCALA Literary Award for Nonfiction, 2017.
- Award
- Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults, 2016.
- Award
- National Academies Communication Award, 2017.
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