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	Hidden Figures 3.96 avg rating — 116,073 ratings — published 2016 — 84 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hidden Figures 3.80 avg rating — 19,404 ratings — published 2016 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hidden Figures: An Inspiring Picture Book True Story About Women Who Changed Space History, for Children (Ages 6–10) by Margot Lee Shetterly (Goodreads Author), Laura Freeman (Illustrator) 4.44 avg rating — 3,408 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hidden Figures Teaching Guide: Teaching Guide and Sample Chapter by Margot Lee Shetterly (Goodreads Author), Kim Racon 4.25 avg rating — 157 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Les figures de l'ombre: Les mathématiciennes afro américaines de la NASA. Le livre qui a inspiré le film ! it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II

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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

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“Women, on the other hand, had to wield their intellects like a scythe, hacking away against the stubborn underbrush of low expectations.”
― Margot Lee Shetterly, Hidden Figures

tags: engineering, feminism, science, women

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“Katherine Johnson knew: once you took the first step, anything was possible.”
― Margot Lee Shetterly, Hidden Figures

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“I changed what I could, and what I couldn't, I endured.”
― Margot Lee Shetterly, Hidden Figures

tags: dorothy-vaughan

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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 Shetterly

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

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The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf

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The Day Nina Simone Stopped Singing by Darina Al-Joundi

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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft

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Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape by Jenna Miscavige Hill

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Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

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The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön

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Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit

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Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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War's Unwomanly Face by Svetlana Alexievich

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No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II by Doris Kearns Goodwin

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They Left Us Everything: A Memoir by Plum Johnson

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Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape by Peggy Orenstein

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Nora: The Real Life of Molly Bloom by Brenda Maddox

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A Different Beautiful: Discovering and Celebrating Beauty in Places You Never Expected by Courtney Westlake

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