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Physical Description:xviii, 349 pages ; 21 cm print
Edition:First William Morrow movie tie-in trade paperback edition.
Publisher:New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2016.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-328) and index.
Summary, etc.:
"Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the civil rights movement, and the space race, [this book] follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA's greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances, and used their intellect to change their own lives, and their country's future"--Back cover.