Description: Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race is a 2016 nonfiction book The book takes place from the 1930s through the 1960s, depicting the particular barriers for Black women in science during this time, thereby providing a lesser-known history of NASA.[3] The biographical text follows the lives of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson, three mathematicians[4] who worked as computers (then a job description) at NACA and NASA, during the space race. On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer, On Her Own Ground is the first full-scale biography of “one of the great success stories of American history” (The Philadelphia Inquirer), Madam C.J. Walker—the legendary African American entrepreneur and philanthropist—by her great-great-granddaughter, A’Lelia Bundles.
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Book Title: Hidden Figures
Publisher: HarperCollins
Item Length: 8 in
Publication Year: 2016
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Item Height: 0.8 in
Author: A’lelia Bundles, Margot Lee Shetterly
Genre: Political Science, Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Topic: United States / 20th Century, Public Affairs & Administration, Women's Studies, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Science & Technology, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Item Weight: 9.8 Oz
Item Width: 5.3 in
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
