![]() ![]() It was here, in the heartland of American segregation, that a group of extraordinary women, including Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson, helped their country break through the color barrier and leap into the great unknown. The scene of their success was the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia. Overcoming racist and sexist discrimination, these women established themselves as brilliant mathematicians and engineers and helped lead the United States to victory in some of the pivotal moments of the Cold War-era space race-including John Glenn’s 1962 orbit of the Earth and the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing. Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race tells the story of a group of African-American women who, over a period of over 25 years, made major contributions to the US space program during its golden age. Working behind the scenes as mathematicians and engineers, NASA’s Hidden Figures are part of what made space travel possible. The book focuses on three outstanding women-though of course, they’re not the only ones-as the unsung heroes of space travel. ![]() NASA’s Hidden Figures are brought to light in the book Hidden Figures. Who were NASA’s Hidden Figures? Why were they considered “hidden” and what contributions did they make? Like this article? Sign up for a free trial here. Shortform has the world's best summaries of books you should be reading. This article is an excerpt from the Shortform summary of "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly. ![]()
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