in the 1950s and 1960s, and with NASA, these math and engineering oriented jobs were actually supremely important and necessary for space travel to be successful, for astronauts like John Glenn and company to not only lift off but to lift off safely and to later also return safely). In sweeping, dramatic detail, she sheds light on a forgotten but key chapter in our history, and instills in us a sense of wonder, and possibility.So yes indeed, with regard to Laura Freeman's bright and boldly descriptive accompanying artwork (which really does expressively and wonderfully totally and utterly compliment Margot Lee Shetterly's presented text) as well as the factual and thematic details which Shetterly gives us readers on and about Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden (and of course also the information on NASA, the Cold War, the so-called Space Race, and also the Civil Rights Movement and the fight against segregation), Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race really does majorly and wonderfully shine (presenting both textually and illustratively not only absolutely and essential need to know facts and data but also showing just how difficult it generally was for women but in particular for African American women to be taken seriously and to be approached with the respect they deserved with regard to their careers etc. She shows us the surprising ways that women and people of color have contributed to American innovation while pursuing the American Dream. In this keynote, Margot Lee Shetterly talks about race, gender, science, the history of technology, and much more.
They were part of a group of hundreds of black and white women who, over the decades, contributed to some of NASA’s greatest successes. Even as Jim Crow laws segregated them from their white counterparts, the women of this all-black “West Computing” group helped America achieve a decisive victory over the Soviet Union in the Cold War. Suddenly, these overlooked math whizzes had jobs worthy of their skills at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, in Hampton, Virginia. Teaching math at segregated schools in the South, they were called into service during the WWII labor shortages.
Set against the rich backdrop of World War II, the Space Race, the Civil Rights Era, and the burgeoning fight for gender equality, this talk brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, who worked as mathematicians at NASA during the golden age of space travel. Audiences of all backgrounds will be captivated by the phenomenal true story of the black “human computers” who used math to change their own lives-and their country’s future.
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