Hidden Figures

About “Hidden Figures”

Hidden Figures recounts the experiences of four African American women—Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden—who worked as mathematicians at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory during World War II and the Cold War. The book details their contributions to NASA’s space program, including their roles in calculating trajectories for space missions, while navigating the challenges of segregation and gender discrimination.