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Summary: Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really good.
They persisted in some of NASA's greatest successes, like providing the calculations for America's first journeys into space. And they did so during a time when being black and a woman limited what they could do. But they worked hard. They persisted. And they used their genius minds to change the world. (from amazon.com)
Where can I find it?: Lower/Middle School library, Lithgow building
Tags: Space race; Women mathematicians; United States; Johnson, Katherine G.; United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; African American mathematicians; African American women; Employees
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