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Author:

Rissman, Rebecca, author.

Title:

Hidden women : the African-American mathematicians of NASA who helped America win the space race / by Rebecca Rissman ; consultants Elizabeth S.S. Smith, Sarah Shull, Danielle DeVoy.

Publisher:

Capstone Pressa Capstone imprint,

Copyright Date:

©2018

Description:

112 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States.--National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Officials and employees--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
United States.--National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Officials and employees--Biography.
United States.--National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
United States--National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Officials and employees--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American mathematicians--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American women--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Space race--Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians--United States--Biography.
African American mathematicians--Biography.
African American women--Biography.
African Americans--Biography.
Space race.
African Americans.
African American mathematicians.
African American women.
Employees.
Space race.
Women mathematicians.
United States.
African American women--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American mathematicians--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Space race--Juvenile literature.
Biography.
Juvenile works.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-111) and index. Includes stories about Katherine Johnson, Miriam Mann, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughn, Annie Easley, and Christine Darden.

Contents:

Get the girl -- The space race -- Running numbers -- A woman in the wind tunnel -- Testing rockets -- Annie Easley and the centaur -- A year of tragedy and new hope -- The moon landing, a dream come true -- "Houston, we've had a problem" -- After the race -- Epilogue -- Timeline.

Summary:

Four female African-American mathematicians literally made it possible to launch US rockets and astronauts into space. Hidden Women tells the thrilling tale of how women contributed, the struggles and resistance each experienced, and the amazing result.

Series:

Encounter
Encounter. Narrative nonfiction stories

ISBN:

1515799638
9781515799634
1515799646
9781515799641

OCLC:

(OCoLC)995330966

LCCN:

2017038592

Locations:

YKPE532 -- Anamosa Library & Learning Center (Anamosa)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

ZUPD675 -- Onawa Public Library (Onawa)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

BWPD851 -- Bertha Bartlett Public Library (Story City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)