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# Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race Kindle Edition

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is one of the best books you can read for all time.
*by V***B on May 8, 2025*

This is one of the best books you can read for education in the historical and cultural story of NASA BEFORE it was NASA, the engineering community, and the civil rights era. The engineering is incredible, and the insights into the black community over time is invaluable, and gave me more respect than I already had for what these families have had to go through since even before the civil rights movement even began and beyond it. MOST HIGHLY recommended.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A revelation on the times and conditions
*by R***A on May 28, 2025*

A true page-turner about those behind the scenes that made all the difference in the infancy of the space industry. Well woven and shaped by some brilliant minds and steadfast characters.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Highly Recommend!
*by M***X on April 23, 2021*

Hidden Figures was truly a heroic novel about the women of NASA who went unrecognized for their tremendous efforts towards air exploration and travel. I have mixed views on this novel, but I think it should be read widely amongst African American children, teens, and young adults as it is an inspiring story about hardworking people who sought to become more than what society duped them to be because of their race. This novel is empowering and is a good read in my eyes. The way Shetterly can educate the reader on the social issues during the 20th century and display its impact on African Americans through specific characters is very impressive, yet trivial.As it is a groundbreaking novel, it does have some cons. The piece was a bit too heavy to read because the author tries to focus on so many aspects during this period. She makes so many references towards history, the book starts to become a history book in a sense, but it is essentially a book about history. That was a difficult concept for me to grasp as I read and wrote an assignment on it. Shetterly, unfortunately, bites off more than can chew as she switches from characters while trying to include historical events. Her constant back-and-forth methods made it difficult for me to interpret what was happening at some moments. She did pull it off, but the transitions made be harder for others. I feel like she tried to fit too much information into a small frame. She elaborated on Jim Crow, Brown vs. The Board of Education, World War 2, the space race, and many other events in only 265 pages, so the plot had some holes and was convoluted. Some characters like young Christine were irrelevant to the plot and I saw no significance in those people. Another reference was the woman from Star Trek and her story, which I thought was not important to the plot. Shetterly’s depiction of African American men and women in racist America was so puissant, I do not think she needed to include some small pieces like the ones I mentioned.On the other hand, her ability to captivate the character’s emotions through text was incredible. An example would be Mary Jackson’s predicament with the bathroom and her journey to become an engineer at NASA. She moves the audience through her distressful tone as she illustrates the struggle the women at NASA and African Americans faced while trying to avoid being devoured by the country that prayed on their downfall as racism still lingered. African Americans often felt “angry and humiliated” because of the treatment they faced as “negotiating racial boundaries had become a daily fact of negro life.” (Shetterly 108) Shetterly’s novel gave an insider’s look at the status of African Americans in America during the 20th century. They were caught in a crossfire as the country relied on them to fight in WW2, which was a war against racism, but wouldn’t call it upon themselves to solve the racial problems in their own country. “America’s inadequacy” and hypocrisy came to the forefront with the lives of Dorothy, Katherine, and Mary being emphasized. (Shetterly, 152) These individuals were part of a black movement of individuals who sacrificed everything they had to become more than their color. America asked so much of these people but gave them nothing. Shetterly beautifully elicits the power that African Americans had in the workforce that America bothers to show or care about and this is why I believe this piece is worth reading.This book was different because it displayed success in many different ways instead of one. This is what demonstrates black excellence at its finest. Given that this book was a little too heavy and convoluted in the plot, I would give it 4 out of 5 stars. It goes to show that black voices can be heard no matter the predicaments we face. In a stagnant country, we will prosper. These successful women “mirrored the aspirations and philosophy of the surrounding black community” and that is why this novel should be read by others seeking to become pioneers of a new age of black progression. (Shetterly,95)

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