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Jeanne Theobald asked this question about Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars:

Which do readers recommend this book or Hidden Figures?

Cynthia Kiser I think Hidden Figures was a much better book. It followed fewer women in greater depth so was more coherent. Hidden Figures also was more explicit ab…moreI think Hidden Figures was a much better book. It followed fewer women in greater depth so was more coherent. Hidden Figures also was more explicit about describing the social context in which these women operated. Racism and sexism are still with us - but nothing like these women faced in the south in the second half of the twentieth century.(less)

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