Hidden Figures: The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race. Margot Shetterly Lee
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       COPYRIGHT

      William Collins

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      This eBook first published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2016

      First published in the United States by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, in 2016

      Copyright © 2016 by Margot Lee Shetterly

      Margot Lee Shetterly asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

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      Source ISBN: 9780008201289

      Ebook Edition © September 2016 ISBN: 9780008201302

      Version: 2018-09-26

       DEDICATION

      To my parents, Margaret G. Lee and Robert B. Lee III, and to all of the women at the NACA and NASA who offered their shoulders to stand on

      CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title Page

       9 Breaking Barriers

      10 Home by the Sea

      11 The Area Rule

      12 Serendipity

      13 Turbulence

      14 Angle of Attack

      15 Young, Gifted, and Black

      16 What a Difference a Day Makes

      17 Outer Space

      18 With All Deliberate Speed

      19 Model Behavior

      20 Degrees of Freedom

      21 Out of the Past, the Future

      22 America Is for Everybody

      23 To Boldly Go

       Epilogue

       Notes

       Bibliography

       Index

       Acknowledgments

       About the Author

       Credits

       About the Publisher

       AUTHOR’S NOTE

      “Negro.” “Colored.” “Indian.” “Girls.” Though some readers might find the language of Hidden Figures discordant to their modern ears, I’ve made every attempt to remain true to the time period, and to the voices of the individuals represented in this story.

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