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Hidden women : the African-American mathematicians of NASA who helped America win the space race
- 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.
- Author
- Rissman, Rebecca
- Publication
- North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint, ©2018.
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Details
- Description
- 112 pages : color illustrations; 24 cm.
- 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 Statement
- Encounter
- Uniform Title
- Encounter (Capstone Press)
- Alternative Title
- African-American mathematicians of NASA who helped America win the space race
- Subjects
- United States
- United States > National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Women mathematicians
- African Americans
- African American women
- African American mathematicians
- Space race
- African Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Employees
- Biographies
- African American women > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Biography
- African American women scientists > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Juvenile works
- Space race > Juvenile literature
- African American mathematicians > Biography > Juvenile literature
- United States > National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Officials and employees > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Women mathematicians > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- Juvenile works.
- Note
- Includes stories about Katherine Johnson, Miriam Mann, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughn, Annie Easley, and Christine Darden.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-111) and index.
- Audience (note)
- Age 8-12.
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc E 18-966
- ISBN
- 9781515799641
- 1515799646
- 9781515799634
- 1515799638
- LCCN
- 2017038592
- OCLC
- 995330966
- 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
- North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint, ©2018.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- EncounterEncounter (Capstone Press)
- Audience
- Age 8-12.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-111) and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 18-966