Margot Lee Shetterly’s Hidden Figures is the true account of the black women who worked as mathematicians, or human computers, in the early days of NASA. These women broke gender and race barriers to propel America into the future and, eventually, into space.
*This Lesson Plan uses references to African Americans as "blacks" and Caucasians as "whites" to reflect the language used by the author of Hidden Figures; this language is also reflects usage during the particular moment in history that the book is tracking.
