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

Hidden figures : the true story of four Black women and the space race / by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman.

Author/creator	Shetterly, Margot Lee author.
Other author/creator	Conkling, Winifred, author.
Other author/creator	Freeman, Laura (Illustrator) illustrator.
Format	Book and Print
Edition	First edition.
Publication Info	New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
Copyright Notice	©2018
Description	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Subject(s)	Vaughan, Dorothy, 1910-2008--Juvenile literature. Jackson, Mary, 1921-2005--Juvenile literature. Johnson, Katherine G.--Juvenile literature. Darden, Christine M.--Juvenile literature. United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Officials and employees --Juvenile literature. Women mathematicians--United States --Biography --Juvenile literature. African American women--Biography --Juvenile literature. African American mathematicians--Biography --Juvenile literature. Space race--Juvenile literature.

Abstract	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- ).
Interest grade level	Grades 1-2
Audience	980 Lexile
Reading Program	Accelerated Reader 5.8 0.5.
Genre/form	Biographies.
LCCN	2017942901
ISBN	9780062742469 (hardcover)
ISBN	0062742469 (hardcover)