How history forgot the black women behind Nasa’s...
September 5 2016 , Written by Ola Fagbohun
How history forgot the black women behind Nasa’s space race https://t.co/0hfDTnI5lg
Ola Fagbohun (@DiverseTraveler)September 05, 2016
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How history forgot the black women behind Nasa's space race
Growing up in Hampton, Virginia, Margot Lee Shetterly was surrounded by brilliant female scientists and mathematicians who, like her father, worked for Nasa. "I would see them in the context of community organisations or church, or you'd run into them at the grocery store - they were my parents' friends," she says.
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