Hidden Women: The African-American Mathematicians of NASA Who Helped America Win the Space Race
by Rebecca Rissman
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- 5-8
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- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2018
Word Count 12,241
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 820L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 195521, 2 AR Points
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- Subject Headings
- African American mathematicians
- African American women
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Officials and employees--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- African American mathematicians--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Space race--Juvenile literature
- African American women--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Women mathematicians--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Space race
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
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Honor, 2019
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