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African American mathematicians African American mathematicians Biography Juvenile literature African American women African Americans Biography Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft). Roman, Nancy Grace 1925-2018 Space race Space race Juvenile literature Women Biography Women mathematiciansDe Waard, E. John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brompton 1990
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 629.4 DEWShetterly, Margot Lee
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- ).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 SHECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 SHECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: J 920 SHECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J STEM ShetterlyCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SHEGehl, Laura
Summary: "A picture book biography of Nancy Grace Roman, the astronomer who overcame obstacles such as weakening eyesight and teachers who did not believe astronomy was an appropriate career for a woman to lead the NASA team to build the Hubble Space Telescope. This is the empowering story of a female scientist's triumphs at a time when society discouraged women from pursuing scientific careers. It is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2019