{"id":132195,"date":"2016-12-09T11:35:16","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T18:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/09\/the-real-people-behind-hidden-figures.html"},"modified":"2016-12-11T01:37:35","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T08:37:35","slug":"the-real-people-behind-hidden-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/09\/the-real-people-behind-hidden-figures.html","title":{"rendered":"The real people behind &quot;Hidden Figures&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I saw the trailer for the movie last weekend, and was sure we&#39;d start seeing actual articles about the historical women involved &#8212; African-American women who provided (segregated) math help in calculating orbits and other math work. Here&#39;s one of them.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+Cheryl Martin<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/09\/06\/books\/on-being-black-female-math-whizzes-during-the-space-race.html?mwrsm=GooglePlus'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/gkgMBx5rGpqun1hJiNV1YTR2A777GrP4F9LAuCLb-48a-Tx37HAcAN5qTH0tnmafbH3A09qfCfAjqW8N_EM6npSIk4SHHMet-VWm-hBE5IzrLGx7IfwEu9fgrIudg-v_eHcqRFbS58E58St9CFUkE-DFWw=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/09\/06\/books\/on-being-black-female-math-whizzes-during-the-space-race.html?mwrsm=GooglePlus'>On Being a Black Female Math Whiz During the Space Race &#8211; The New York Times<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nFormer NASA mathematicians discuss the matter-of-fact way they approached their work and the new history about their careers in &ldquo;Hidden Figures,&rdquo; which is being made into a film.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/UTTexYDG2di'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I saw the trailer for the movie last weekend, and was sure we&#39;d start seeing actual articles about the historical women involved &#8212; African-American women who provided (segregated) math help in calculating orbits and other math work. Here&#39;s one of them. 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