The Resource Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race, by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race, by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
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The item Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race, by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 9 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race, by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- 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 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-)
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Isbn
- 9780062742469
- Label
- Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race
- Title
- Hidden figures
- Title remainder
- the true story of four black women and the space race
- Statement of responsibility
- by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- Subject
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- African American women -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Biography
- Biographies
- trueInternational competition
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Mathematics
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
- Picture books
- trueRace relations
- trueRacism
- trueSexism
- trueSpace programs
- trueSpace programs -- International competition
- Space race
- trueUnited States -- History -- 20th century
- United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Biography
- United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Women -- Biography
- trueWomen mathematicians
- Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Space race -- Juvenile literature
- trueAfrican American mathematicians
- African American mathematicians -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- trueAfrican American women
- Language
- eng
- 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 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-)
- Award
- Amelia Bloomer List, 2019.
- Biography type
- collective biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10617822
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Shetterly, Margot Lee
- Dewey number
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- 510.92/520973
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- QA27.5
- LC item number
- .L44 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 1
- 2
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Conkling, Winifred
- Freeman, Laura
- Shetterly, Margot Lee
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- United States
- Women mathematicians
- African American women
- African American mathematicians
- Space race
- Women mathematicians
- African American women
- African American mathematicians
- Space race
- African Americans
- Women
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Mathematics
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
- Target audience
- juvenile
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the true story of four black women and the space race
- Label
- Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race, by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn985072992
- Dimensions
- 29 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Isbn
- 9780062742469
- Lccn
- 2017942901
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)985072992
- Label
- Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race, by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn985072992
- Dimensions
- 29 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Isbn
- 9780062742469
- Lccn
- 2017942901
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)985072992
Subject
- African American women -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Biography
- Biographies
- trueInternational competition
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Mathematics
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
- Picture books
- trueRace relations
- trueRacism
- trueSexism
- trueSpace programs
- trueSpace programs -- International competition
- Space race
- trueUnited States -- History -- 20th century
- United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Biography
- United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Women -- Biography
- trueWomen mathematicians
- Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Space race -- Juvenile literature
- trueAfrican American mathematicians
- African American mathematicians -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- trueAfrican American women
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