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Review of "Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race" (2017)

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Authors & Contributors
Mohun, Arwen P.
Laura Ann Twagira
Fren, Allison de
Haigh, Thomas
Irish, Sharon
Misa, Thomas J.
Journals
Technology and Culture
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Technology's Stories
American Heritage of Invention and Technology
Environmental History
Gender and History
Publishers
Fort Schuyler Press
Southern Illinois University Press
Wiley
William Morrow
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Concepts
Technology and gender
Women and technology
History of Computing
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Technology
Laundry Industry
People
Webb, James Edwin
Ulery, Dana
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
Places
United States
Africa
Great Britain
Mali
Norway
Argentina
Institutions
Project Mercury (U.S.)
California Institute of Technology. Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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