Margot Lee Shetterly grew up in Hampton, Virginia, where she came to know many of the women she writes about in Hidden Figures. She is a recipient of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities research grant and a fellowship member of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Margot Lee Shetterly Books
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Hidden Figures
Margot Lee Shetterly
The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians who Helped Win the Space Race
4.3 (60 ratings)
Listen to the Intro00:00What's Hidden Figures about?
Hidden Figures (2016) reveals the untold story of the black female mathematicians who helped send John Glenn on his first orbit around the Earth and Neil Armstrong to the moon. These courageous, trailblazing women answered the call of duty by leaving their teaching jobs in segregated Southern schools behind and helping to shape the modern space program.
Who should read Hidden Figures?
- Women in engineering
- Those interested in the true history of the space program
- Students of politics, science and history
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Bedtime Biography: Hidden Figures
Margot Lee Shetterly
The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians who Helped Win the Space Race
4.4 (46 ratings)
Listen to the Intro00:00What's Bedtime Biography: Hidden Figures about?
Narrated by Jeannette Robinson
Music by Federico Coderoni
Hidden Figures (2016) reveals the untold story of the black female mathematicians who helped send John Glenn on his first orbit around the Earth and Neil Armstrong to the moon. These courageous, trailblazing women answered the call of duty by leaving their teaching jobs in segregated Southern schools behind and helping to shape the modern space program.
Who should read Bedtime Biography: Hidden Figures?
- Women in engineering
- Those interested in the true history of the space program
- Students of politics, science and history