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A review by tm400
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
my first true nonfiction book!!! and i’m super excited it was this one. this has been on my physical tbr for years & the biography prompt for the storygraph’s genre challenge was the perfect excuse to finally read !
hidden figures is a biography about a handful of black women who worked for NASA in the 50s and 60s, whose work is responsible for getting men into space & onto the moon during the space race. as a fellow female scientist, i loved this story so much! i thought there was a perfect mixture of information about the women, information about societal struggles/expectations/restrictions of the time, and information about the actual science behind space travel.
i think this biography was extremely well done; it was informative, captivating, and told in a way that appeals to a general audience.
highly recommend the read for anyone interested in space travel, the cold war from america’s perspective, civil rights era america & the us government’s affect on the space race, black history, the (black) american dream, and women’s history
i really hate slow paced books & nonfiction books are intrinsically slow paced to me so i’m docking points for that, and i wish it was just a little longer. 4.5/5 stars
(my copy had 254 pages of biography, including prologue)
hidden figures is a biography about a handful of black women who worked for NASA in the 50s and 60s, whose work is responsible for getting men into space & onto the moon during the space race. as a fellow female scientist, i loved this story so much! i thought there was a perfect mixture of information about the women, information about societal struggles/expectations/restrictions of the time, and information about the actual science behind space travel.
i think this biography was extremely well done; it was informative, captivating, and told in a way that appeals to a general audience.
highly recommend the read for anyone interested in space travel, the cold war from america’s perspective, civil rights era america & the us government’s affect on the space race, black history, the (black) american dream, and women’s history
i really hate slow paced books & nonfiction books are intrinsically slow paced to me so i’m docking points for that, and i wish it was just a little longer. 4.5/5 stars
(my copy had 254 pages of biography, including prologue)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Sexism