Hidden Figures Frequently Most Tested Questions and Verified Accurate Answers
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What life experiences made Margot Lee to be the perfect person to write the book?
she knew Kathaleen Land, who worked as a computer. her dad worked at Langley
research center. She met Katherine Johnson. she hear stories about the computers at Nasa.
What are some reasons for wanting more mathem...
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Hidden Figures Frequently Most Tested
Questions and Verified Accurate Answers
What life experiences made Margot Lee to be the perfect person to write the book?
✓ she knew Kathaleen Land, who worked as a computer. her dad worked at Langley
research center. She met Katherine Johnson. she hear stories about the computers at Nasa.
What are some reasons for wanting more mathematicians at Langley during the 1940s.
✓ they need them for more computing pools. Also, so they could focus more on the space
race. For more accurate numbers
In what ways was Melvin Bultler progressive in his hiring practices?
✓ He hires people of all races and doesn't discriminate.
In what ways was he restricted by convention?
✓
Do you think he did the best he could under the circumstances?
✓
Who is A. Philip Randolph?
✓ the head of the largest black labor union in the country
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✓ he demanded that Roosevelt open lucrative war jobs to African American applicants,
threatening to bring 100,000 African Americans to the capital to protest of he didn't.
Describe Dorothy Vaughan
✓ she's intelligent, smart, kind, observant, and she would do anything for her family
What was her background?
✓ Her mother died when she was two, but her dad remarried shortly after. Her stepmother
encouraged her in everything that she did. she got a full ride to Wilberforce and got a
degree in teaching.
What kinds of employment opportunities were available to African Americans?
✓ military laundry workers, teachers, mathematicians, waitress, maids,
Why is the opportunity fir a job at Langley so unique to Dorothy
✓ It would help assure her children's futures
In her application, why did Dorothy say that she could be ready in 48 hours
✓ so she could pack up, quit her job, say bye to her kids, and get their
How did Dorothy handle the balance between her family life and her work aspirations?
✓
What does this job mean for Dorothy in terms of social mobility?
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