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Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math\u2026really<\/em>\u00a0good.<\/p>\n

They participated in some of NASA’s greatest successes, like providing the calculations for America’s first journeys into space. And they did so during a time when being black and a woman limited what they could do. But they worked hard. They persisted. And they used their genius minds to change the world.<\/p>\n

In this beautifully illustrated picture book edition, we explore the story of four female African American mathematicians at NASA, known as “colored computers,” and how they overcame gender and racial barriers to succeed in a highly challenging STEM-based career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[256,667,78],"product_tag":[],"composite_virtual":false,"composite_layout":"","composite_add_to_cart_form_location":"","composite_editable_in_cart":false,"composite_sold_individually_context":"","composite_shop_price_calc":"","composite_components":[],"composite_scenarios":[],"bundled_by":[],"bundle_stock_status":"instock","bundle_stock_quantity":null,"bundle_virtual":false,"bundle_layout":"","bundle_add_to_cart_form_location":"","bundle_editable_in_cart":false,"bundle_sold_individually_context":"","bundle_item_grouping":"","bundle_min_size":"","bundle_max_size":"","bundled_items":[],"bundle_sell_ids":[],"yoast_head":"\nHidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race - Classical Education Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/classic.powertactics.com\/product\/hidden-figures-the-true-story-of-four-black-women-and-the-space-race\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race - Classical Education Books\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math\u2026really\u00a0good. 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