Nazarena Carlon
Ms. VanO’s
Period: 5
May 14th
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What would your life be like if you didn't have access to your dreams because of your race and gender? The book and movie named “Hidden Figures” is based on the real life experiences of three mathematicians at NASA. They worked on the project “Mercury” and the Apollo 11 flight to the moon. These missions helped America win the space race against Russia. Also, the movie and book Hidden Figures demonstrates how the three most brilliant and incredible African American women Katherine Globe Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, who has the brains at NASA in the 1960’s. They were mathematicians, programmers and engineers that were called human “computers.”They are three gifted African-American women who made a huge difference to the successful American
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John H. Glee was a NASA astronaut. He was the first American manned orbital mission of the United States, He was launched into space with a spacecrafted called “Friendship 7.” He was supported by hundreds of NASA workers along with “human computers.” If it weren't for the brains of the intelligent, brilliant women Katherine Globe Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, Glenn would have never experienced launching into space. They had completed the mission. Furthermore, these three women worked at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia and were hired to do the journey.
However, the first of the three African-American named Katherine Goble Johnson was a brilliant mathematician and was the only person who could solve the problems from space and accomplished an