Bedtime Biography: Hidden Figures
Bedtime Biography: Hidden Figures
How Black Female Mathematicians Shaped America's Space Program and Pursued the American Dream
About This Book
Narrated by Jeannette Robinson
Music by Federico Coderoni
Hidden Figures (2016) tells the previously unknown story of African American women mathematicians whose calculations proved essential to John Glenn's orbital flight and Neil Armstrong's lunar landing. These groundbreaking women left segregated teaching positions in the South to become instrumental figures in developing America's modern space exploration program.
Who Should Read This?
- Women working in engineering fields
- Readers curious about authentic space program history
- Students exploring political science, scientific innovation, and historical events
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