Bound To Stay Bound

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001 2016021050 811926
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008201030s2016 nyu c b 001 0ceng
010 a| 2016021050
020 a|9780062363602 (pbk.)
020 a|0062363603 (pbk.)
040 a|DLC
c|IlJaBTS
d|IlJaBTS
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050  a|QA27.5
b|.L44 2016
082  a|510.92/520973
a|B
2|2020
1001 a|Shetterly, Margot Lee.
245a|Hidden figures :
b|the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race /
c|Margot Lee Shetterly.
250 a|1st ed.
260 a|New York :
b|William Morrow,
c|c2016.
300 a|xviii, 349 p. ;
c|24 cm
504 a|Includes bibliographical references and index.
520 a|Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the civil rights movement, and the space race, this true story 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.
5211 a|012-016.
b|BTSB.
5218 a|1350
b|Lexile.
61017a|United States.
b|National Aeronautics and Space Administration
x|Officials and employees.
2|sears
61011a|United States.
b|National Aeronautics and Space Administration
x|Officials and employees.
650 7a|Women mathematicians
z|United States
v|Biography.
2|sears
650 7a|African American women
v|Biography.
2|sears
650 7a|African American mathematicians
v|Biography.
2|sears
650 7a|Space race.
2|sears
650 1a|Women mathematicians
z|United States
v|Biography.
650 1a|African American women
v|Biography.
650 1a|African American mathematicians
v|Biography.
650 1a|Space race.


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