https://padlet.com/15449991/hiddenfigures6 By: Margot L. Shetterly en-us 2018-05-23 22:58:12 UTC 2025-11-18 03:21:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/15449991/hiddenfigures6/wish/263530217 2018-05-25 03:29:20 UTC https://padlet.com/15449991/hiddenfigures6/wish/263530217 15449991 https://padlet.com/15449991/hiddenfigures6/wish/263912944 Hidden Figures is a biography written by Margot Lee Shetterly that tells the story of extraordinary African American women who worked as computers for engineers at NASA.]]> 2018-05-28 00:18:52 UTC https://padlet.com/15449991/hiddenfigures6/wish/263912944 15449991 https://padlet.com/15449991/hiddenfigures6/wish/263913552 The main characters in this book are Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson.]]> 2018-05-28 00:24:24 UTC https://padlet.com/15449991/hiddenfigures6/wish/263913552 15449991 https://padlet.com/15449991/hiddenfigures6/wish/263914254 Yes, I would recommend this book because I think it's important to read about how these women showed their excellence, even though they faced racial and gender discrimination.]]> 2018-05-28 00:31:44 UTC https://padlet.com/15449991/hiddenfigures6/wish/263914254 1545450 https://padlet.com/15449991/hiddenfigures6/wish/263919243 At the beginning of the book it talks about how Langley Research Center was growing rapidly due to demands for increased air power in an effort to defeat its enemies during World War II. Because men were involved in the military effort and white women were already working the jobs vacated by men, they turned to hiring black women to do the computing jobs at Langley. So Dorothy Vaughan, a highly intelligent black high school teacher, applied for a job at Langley. After a period of a couple months Dorothy received a letter from Langley saying that she was hire and will be paid twice the amount of a teacher. Since Dorothy and her husband were friends with the Colemans who had a daughter named Katherine. Katherine would later take a job at Langley as well.

]]> 2018-05-28 01:19:57 UTC https://padlet.com/15449991/hiddenfigures6/wish/263919243 1545450 https://padlet.com/15449991/hiddenfigures6/wish/263922920 This book is really interesting and shows others that you should not discriminate others no matter what race, gender, and ethnicity they are. I like this book because it shows how women are able to do the jobs of men.]]> 2018-05-28 01:53:51 UTC https://padlet.com/15449991/hiddenfigures6/wish/263922920 https://padlet.com/15449991/hiddenfigures6/wish/264136614 The book takes place during World War Two, because of its huge impact it caused drafting. This meant not many men were available to work. Jobs were now opened to women. Although women were able to get an education and worked as hard as the men once did, they were still judged. I believe this is related to not only me but many females because we are not typically seen as the superior gender. Many people have lower expectations for us because of our gender. However, in the book the characters portrayed work hard and choose to ignore what people often say or expect. I think this is important because it encourages females to look past the stereotypes and what people say and do the best they can in all things. ]]> 2018-05-29 02:43:33 UTC https://padlet.com/15449991/hiddenfigures6/wish/264136614 1545450 https://padlet.com/15449991/hiddenfigures6/wish/264143027 Dorothy became the head of West Computing after Blanche Sponsler became ill and died. There she meet Mary Jackson who started work at Langley in a clerical position and later became a computer. As she became a computer she was sent to work on a project on the East Side. Which was the white computer side.
Later on Katherine Goble began working as a computer. There she was assigned to a job in the Flight Research Division. As she continues to work there she began an engineer training program, but first had to get permission to attend classes at Hampton High School, which was a segregated school. So she went to court and she was granted a pass and was shocked to see how shabby the white school was. 

]]> 2018-05-29 04:03:30 UTC https://padlet.com/15449991/hiddenfigures6/wish/264143027 https://padlet.com/15449991/hiddenfigures6/wish/264149854 Katherine continues to work at Langely. Eventually she helped lauched Apollo 11 and Apollo 13. She stood her position the rest of her time at Langely. Dorothy was recognized for her work at Langely and was provided better work for her future mathematician employees at Langely.
 Mary Jackson took a job in Human Resources where she championed the advancement of women’s careers. ]]> 2018-05-29 05:29:06 UTC https://padlet.com/15449991/hiddenfigures6/wish/264149854