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Based on the New York Times bestselling book and the Academy Award–nominated movie, Margot Lee Shetterly and Laura Freeman bring the incredibly inspiring true story of four black women who helped NASA launch men into space to young audiences!
Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math…really good.They participated in some of NASA's greatest successes, like providing the calculations for America's first journeys into space. And they did so during a time when being black and a woman limited what they could do. But they worked hard. They persisted. And they used their genius minds to change the world.Download and start listening now!
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About Margot Lee Shetterly
Margot Lee Shetterly is a writer who grew up in Hampton, Virginia, where she knew many of the women in her book Hidden Figures. She is an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow and the recipient of a Virginia Foundation for the Humanities grant for her research on women in computing.
About Octavia Spencer
Octavia Spencer is a veteran character actress and one of Hollywood’s most-sought-after talents. She has become a familiar fixture on both television and silver screen. Her critically acclaimed performance as Minny in the DreamWorks feature film The Help won her a 2012 Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a SAG Award, and a Broadcast Film Critics’ Choice Award, among countless other honors. She is a native of Montgomery, Alabama, and holds a BS from Auburn University. She lives in Los Angeles.