[NFBV-Potomac-Announce] June Book Club Meeting

[John Halverson]

Hello,

 

At last Tuesday's book club meeting we decided to read Hidden Figures for
our June meeting.  More information to follow.

 

 <https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB86234> Hidden
figures: the American dream and the untold story of the Black women
mathematicians who helped win the space race DB86234

Lee Shetterly, Margot. Reading time: 12 hours, 15 minutes. 
Read by Emily Ellet. 

Science and Technology

Daughter of a NASA engineer profiles the black women who worked for NASA,
and its predecessor NACA, as human computers. Discusses their lives prior to
joining NACA/NASA, the challenges they faced due to gender and race
discrimination, and their impact on the space program. Basis for the 2016
movie. 2016.

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