Hidden Figures
by Margot Lee Shetterly
Buy on AmazonIn Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race, Margot Lee Shetterly tells the untold story of these brilliant women, once on the frontlines of our cultural leaps and since sidelined by the selective collective memory we call history.
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"In Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race, Margot Lee Shetterly tells the untold story of these brilliant women, once on the frontlines of our cultural leaps and since sidelined by the selective collective memory we call history."
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"In Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race ( public library ), Margot Lee Shetterly tells the untold story of these brilliant women, once on the frontlines of our cultural leaps and since sidelined by the selective collective memory we call history."
Best Science Books of 2016 · themarginalian.org
"which treats a theme very close to that of my own recent book — namely the participation of large groups of mathematically gifted women in important scientific endeavors."
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