Descriptions, Reviews, etc.
Description:
"The book that inspired the movie"--Cover.
Brief description:
Margot Lee Shetterly 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. She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Review Quotes:
"Much as Tom Wolfe did in "The Right Stuff", Shetterly moves gracefully between the women's lives and the broader sweep of history . . . Shetterly, who grew up in Hampton, blends impressive research with an enormous amount of heart in telling these stories - Boston Globe
"With HIDDEN FIGURES, Shetterly enacts a revolution no less crucial and pivotal as her subjects. Restoring the truth about the individuals who were at once black, women and astounding mathematicians, in a world that was constructed to stymie them at every step, is no easy task. Shetterly does it with the depth and detail of a skilled historian and the narrative aplomb of a masterful storyteller. ... Shetterly is never heavy-handed, but always searingly honest, and it's refreshing and devastatingly frustrating that the injustices these women endured extended to their erasure from history. ... This is a compulsively accessible work for anyone with an interest in history, science, civil rights, women's rights, or simply a great story." - Bookreporter.com
"Restoring the truth about individuals who were at once black, women and astounding mathematicians, in a world that was constructed to stymie them at every step, is no easy task. Shetterly does it with the depth and detail of a skilled historian and the narrative aplomb of a masterful storyteller." - Bookreporter.com
"Meticulous... the depth and detail that are the book's strength make it an effective, fact-based rudder with which would-be scientists and their allies can stabilize their flights of fancy. This hardworking, earnest book is the perfect foil for the glamour still to come." - Seattle Times
"You don't have to be black, female or a whiz at math to be fascinated by the story of these smart human computers." - Richmond Times-Dispatch
"Hidden Figures is clearly fueled by pride and admiration, a tender account of genuine transcendence and camaraderie." - New York Times Book Review
"Genuinely inspiring. . . . Much as Tom Wolfe did in "The Right Stuff", Shetterly moves gracefully between the women's lives and the broader sweep of history . . . Shetterly, who grew up in Hampton, blends impressive research with an enormous amount of heart in telling these stories." - Boston Globe
