In Memoriam: Katherine Johnson, 1918-2020

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Hidden Figures: The American dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Sheeterly
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly and Winifred Conkling and illustrated by Laura Freeman
Hidden Figures DVD
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers who Changed the World written and illustrated by Rachel Ignotofsky
Hidden Human Computers: The Black Women of NASA by Sue Bradford Edwards and Duchess Harris

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Katherine Johnson, seated at a desk, surrounded by papers. A poster of the moon is on the wall behind her.

 She graduated from West Virginia State College with degrees in math and French and briefly worked as a teacher before working for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (which would later become NASA) at Langley Research Center. In 2015, she was awarded . 

To read about her influence at NASA and the team of black female mathematicians that helped the United States launch successfully into space, we've got Hidden Figures in three formats: book, DVD, and children's book. 

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