hidden figures young readers edition by margot lee shetterly

The persistence and determination required to show up for work everyday duringĪ time and place they are not always welcome. In the 1950s, Mary, Katherine, and fourth figure Christine Darden demonstrate Against the backdrop of the Cold War and segregation Mary Jackson and Katherine Johnson, two more of the “hidden figures” Shetterlyįeatures in her narrative. In the segregated section of allīlack, female “computers,” Dorothy eventually becomes a supervisor for both Will continue to hold for over twenty years. Initially assuming the ad onlyĪpplies to white women, Dorothy’s life is forever changed with her applicationĪnd eventual acceptance to a job as a human “computer,” a mathematical job she The first figure highlighted, former math teacher Dorothy Vaughan, sees aīulletin in her local Post Office for mathematical jobs at a nearby airplaneĭevelopment facility at the height at WWII.

These women’s individual stories in with scientific explanations, nationalĮvents, and descriptions of life for African-Americans in the segregated South. This solid example of kids’ historical non-fiction, Shetterly expertly weaves

Struggles to break down both gender and racial barriers in the workplace throughout Langley Laboratories in Hampton, Virginia, the reader is exposed to their Through the compelling, true stories of four African-American women employed at Her text into a highly engaging, 240 page version for a younger audience. In Hidden Figures (Young Readers’ Edition), Shetterly deftly adapts Stories are told in Margot Lee Shetterly’s 2016 best-selling, adult non-fictionĪdapted into a hit movie by the same name. A time when African-American female mathematicians could typically only findĮmployment as teachers in the segregated schools of the South, there were someīrave women who took bold steps toward changing this path.

Hidden figures young readers edition by margot lee shetterly