Hidden human computers [electronic resource] : the black women of NASA / by Sue Bradford Edwards and Duchess Harris, JD, PHD.

Discusses how in the 1950s, black women made critical contributions to NASA by performing calculations that made it possible for the nation's astronauts to fly into space and return safely to Earth.-- Edwards and Harris discuss the critical contributions black women made to NASA in the 1950s. They p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Edwards, Sue Bradford (Author)
Harris, Duchess (Author, Consultant)
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2017]
Series:Hidden heroes.
Subjects:
Langley Research Center. > West Area Computing > History.
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Biography.
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration > History.
Aerospace engineers > Juvenile literature.
African American astronauts > Juvenile literature.
Women astronauts > Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians > United States > Biography.
African American mathematicians > Biography.
African American women > Biography.
Space race.
African American women.
Women engineers.
Women astronauts.
African American astronauts.
Aerospace engineers.
Women > Biography.
African Americans > Biography.
Women mathematicians > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Juvenile literature.
Online Access:
Gale All-in Academic 2022: Slavery and Antislavery: 2017 (Gale)
Biography Reference eBook Collection: 2017 (EBSCO)
Science Reference eBook Collection: 2017 (EBSCO)
EBSCO eBooks: 2017 (EBSCO)
eBook K-8 Collection (EBSCOhost): 2017 (EBSCO)
eBook High School Collection (EBSCOhost): 2017 (EBSCO)
eBook Public Library Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2017 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Black women of NASA
Hidden Human Computers: The Black Women of NASA
Format: Electronic eBook

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Online Access

Gale All-in Academic 2022: Slavery and Antislavery: 2017 (Gale)
Biography Reference eBook Collection: 2017 (EBSCO)
Science Reference eBook Collection: 2017 (EBSCO)
EBSCO eBooks: 2017 (EBSCO)
eBook K-8 Collection (EBSCOhost): 2017 (EBSCO)
eBook High School Collection (EBSCOhost): 2017 (EBSCO)
eBook Public Library Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2017 (EBSCO)