The Women of NASA
Which mathematician played a key role in calculating the trajectory for John Glenn's orbital flight?
Who is Katherine Johnson?
What was the primary workplace featured in Hidden Figures?
What is Langley Research Center?
What does the word segregated mean?
What is separated or isolated?
What is the purpose of the headings at the beginning of chapters?
What is to guide readers about the chapter's content?
What does the phrase "the sky's the limit" mean?
What is that a person's potential and opportunities are unlimited?
Which woman became the first African American female manager at NASA?
Who is Dorothy Vaughan?
Which two countries competed in the Space Race?
What are the United States and the Soviet Union?
What does the word monotonous mean when describing Katherine's computer work?
What is tedious and repetitive?
What does the title Hidden Figures most likely refer to?
Who are the women whose contributions were overlooked?
What important value does the book emphasize through the experiences of the women?
What is the importance of education?
Which woman fought to gain access to classes at a whites-only school so she could become an engineer?
Who is Mary Jackson?
What major historical event created opportunities for women to work as mathematicians?
What is World War II?
What type of figurative language is used in the phrase "break the glass ceiling"?
What is an idiom?
What can readers infer about the challenges faced by the women working as human computers?
What is that they faced discrimination because of their race and gender?
How did Dorothy Vaughan prepare herself and her team for the arrival of electronic computers?
What is she learned computer programming and taught her team?
Which woman's leadership style involved encouraging the women she supervised to develop new skills and prepare for future opportunities?
Who is Dorothy Vaughan?
What was the name of the workplace specifically designated for African American computers at NASA?
What was the West Area Computing Unit?
When someone is described as "a rising star," what does that suggest about the person?
What is that the person is becoming increasingly successful?
Why were the contributions of the women initially overlooked?
What is because they were African American women working during a time of segregation?
How did Katherine Johnson demonstrate the importance of her work during John Glenn's orbital flight?
What is she independently checked the computer's calculations before Glenn trusted them for his flight?
Which mathematician stood by her calculations when a division chief believed her answers were incorrect, eventually proving that she was right?
Who is Mary Jackson?
What major technological advancement eventually changed the work of human computers at NASA?
What were electronic/digital computers?
What does the expression "ahead of her time" suggest about someone's ideas or abilities?
What is that the person is innovative and forward-thinking?
What is the author's primary purpose in writing Hidden Figures?
What is to inform readers about the history of NACA and NASA?
How did the accomplishments of the women change perceptions about women and African Americans in science and engineering?
What is they demonstrated that women and African Americans could excel in technical fields and helped challenge stereotypes?