Resources based on "Hidden Figures"
“Hidden Figures” brings to light the stories of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson — three Black women mathematicians who charted the course that launched Astronaut John Glenn into orbit during the Space Race in the 1950s.
Use NCWIT resources below to go beyond the screen, and encourage girls’ and young women’s interest in computing. And, visit ncwit.org/hiddenfigures for reasons why telling the countless, amazing stories of women in computing is so critical.