I read a lot of different things including "entertainment" magazines. Not the National Enquirer (that's my mom's go to), but Entertainment Weekly and The Hollywood Reporter (THR). In the most recent issue (3/11/16 & 3/18/16), there's an article titled "Hollywood's Diversity Blitz in Wake of #OscarsSoWhite." In an article listing upcoming projects, THR mentioned an upcoming movie called Hidden Figures. The description? "A movie about the African-American women who helped NASA launch its first space missions." In the back of my mind, I remembered a session at the last year's NCWIT Summit. It turns out that NCWIT recognized two of these incredible women and I was there to see it. Both Katherine Johnson and Dr. Christine Darden were awarded the NCWIT Pioneer Award. Read more about the Pioneer Award and both of these incredible women.
I will make sure to keep an eye out for the movie Hidden Figures in 2017 and add the book it is based on to my future reading list. Make sure to check out Margot Lee Shetterly's "Hidden Figures: The African American Women Mathematicians Who Helped NASA and the United States Win the Space Race: An Untold Story" (William Morrow/HarperCollins-coming in September 2016).
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