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The new film “Hidden Figures” tells the inspiring story of gifted African-American women who manually computed the calculations that powered America’s space race and how hard they had to ...

Margot Lee Shetterly, author of the No. 1 New York Times bestselling book “Hidden Figures,” told an appreciative crowd Wednesday evening that the three Black women she wrote about who ...

Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson were honored posthumously, while Christine Darden, the fourth “Hidden Figure,” was recognized for her contributions as an aeronautical ...

NASA’s ‘Hidden Figures’ Honored: Pioneering Women Who Launched U.S. To Space Receive Congressional Gold Medals The honored women were pioneers in their field and played crucial roles during ...

The Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act, introduced in 2019, allowed Congress to honor these women, whose calculations and innovations were crucial to NASA’s success.

Four Black women who worked as scientists and mathematicians at NASA during the Space Race , known colloquially as “Hidden Figures,” were awarded Congressional Gold Medals on Wednesday for ...

The hidden figures of the space race were recognized with Congress’ highest honor at a medal ceremony on Wednesday.

The hidden figures of the space race were recognized with Congress' highest honor at a medal ceremony on Wednesday. The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to the families of Katherine Johnson ...