Prologue
In what state did Margot Lee Shetterly grow up in?
Virginia
What is the title of Chapter 1?
Setting the scene
Why did many employers start to hire women?
Due to World War II - many of the men had to leave to serve in the war.
Chapter 3 & 4 is mostly about which Hidden Figures famous role model?
Dorothy Vaughan
What is the name of the organization that Margot Lee Shetterly father worked for? (Initials of the organization)
NASA
What types of jobs did most college educated African Americans take? Name one.
Teaching jobs
At Langley, the female mathematicians were called what?
Computers or Human Computers
What is the type of job that was considered the lowest job in the war but paid twice as much as a teacher?
to work in the laundry
Fill in the missing word to make this title/location complete:
_______________ Research Center at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Langley
Which Hidden Figures role model was the first to be promoted into a management position at the NACA?
1. Dorothy Vaughan
2. Mary Jackson
3. Katherine Johnson
4. Christine Darden
1. Dorothy Vaughan
Civil rights leader named A. Philip Randolph encourage which President to sign an executive order in to law that ordered the desegregation of the federal government?
President Roosevelt
Dorothy Vaughan describe the jobs for African American people by categorizing them. Name at least one of these categories.
Jobs
Good Jobs
Very Good Jobs
This book follows the stories of four African American women. Name at least one of those women. (First and Last name)
Dorothy Vaughan
Mary Jackson
Katherine Johnson
Christine Darden
Which Hidden Figures role model became an essential memeber of the team that put the first American in orbit around the Earth?
1. Dorothy Vaughan
2. Mary Jackson
3. Katherine Johnson
4. Christine Darden
3. Katherine Johnson
Why did African American women want to go work for NACA?
They wanted better paying jobs - this would help them and their families as well as just have a better job status.
How many applications did Dorothy Vaughan apply for when she saw the hiring advertisment?
2
The book Hidden Figures would best be categorized as what type of genre?
Nonfiction
Which Hidden Figures role model was the first African-American woman to move up the ranks and become an engineer at the NACA?
1. Dorothy Vaughan
2. Mary Jackson
3. Katherine Johnson
4. Christine Darden
2. Mary Jackson
At first, females that were hired as mathematicians were not classified/called this... they were called sub____________ (complete the word)
Subprofessionals
When Dorothy Vaughan filled out the application for mathematician, what was her response when asked 'How soon could you be ready to start work?'
48 hours