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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: The tale of black women mathematicians at Langley began in the 1940s.
Chapter 3: World War II opened doors for the pioneering group called West Computers.
Chapter 4: Facing rampant discrimination daily, the West Computers displayed bravery and steadfast resilience.
Chapter 5: The pioneering West Computers helped pave the way for racial and gender equality at Langley.
Chapter 6: Langley was not only a science and engineering lab; it was a lab for race and gender relations.
Description
Hidden Figures (2016) reveals the untold story of the black female mathematicians who helped send John Glenn on his first orbit around the Earth and Neil Armstrong to the moon. These courageous, trailblazing women answered the call of duty by leaving their teaching jobs in segregated Southern schools behind and helping to shape the modern space program.
Who Should Listen
- Women in engineering
- Those interested in the true history of the space program
- Students of politics, science and history