Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race
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LC Subjects
African American mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Literature.
Space race -- Juvenile literature.
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Other Subjects
African American mathematicians.
African American women.
African Americans -- Biography.
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Biography.
Women -- Biography.
Women mathematicians.

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Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781725422421 (Follettound), 9780062742469, 0062742469
Accelerated Reader
LG
Level 5.8, 1 Points
Lexile measure
980

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Includes glossary.
Description
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-).
Target Audience
980L,Lexile
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Ages 4-8.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,LG,5.8,0.5,193339.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Shetterly, M. L., Conkling, W., & Freeman, L. (. (2018). Hidden figures: the true story of four black women and the space race (First edition.). Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Shetterly, Margot Lee, Winifred, Conkling and Laura (Illustrator) Freeman. 2018. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race. New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Shetterly, Margot Lee, Winifred, Conkling and Laura (Illustrator) Freeman. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Shetterly, M. L., Conkling, W. and Freeman, L. (. (2018). Hidden figures: the true story of four black women and the space race. First edn. New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Shetterly, Margot Lee, Winifred Conkling, and Laura (Illustrator) Freeman. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race First edition., Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.

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