Bibliograph

Hidden figures, the untold true story of four African-American women who helped launch our nation into space, Margot Lee Shetterly

Type

Label

Hidden figures, the untold true story of four African-American women who helped launch our nation into space, Margot Lee Shetterly

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-216), glossary, timeline and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

portraitsillustrationsphotographsfacsimiles

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 8-12

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hidden figures

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Margot Lee Shetterly

Sub title

the untold true story of four African-American women who helped launch our nation into space

Summary

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 from their white counterparts despite their groundbreaking successes

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

Untold true story of four African-American women who helped launch our nation into spaceHidden figures young reader's edition

Classification