Summary: Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
"Their dark skin, their gender, their economic status--none of those were acceptable excuses for not giving the fullest rein to their imaginations and ambitions" - Margot Lee Shetterly
Hidden Figures tells the story as four African-American mathematicians at NASA uncovered some of the United States' most remarkable discoveries in space of the course of World War II, The Cold War, and the Civil Rights Movement - a time where African American women, due to societal,race and gender lines, were considered 2nd class citizens.
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