Series: Curiosity Kit: Black Women Mathematicians in Aeronautics

Curiosity Kits inspire exploration and learning of history through place. These multi-piece resources include articles that explore historic places and provide educational activities for life-long learners. This kit focuses on the African American women who played a critical role in the Space Race. Some of these women rose to new heights as mathematicians, computer programmers, team project leads, and engineers at NASA. This series explores some of the historic places related to their stories.

• Article 1: Learning From Black Women Mathematicians at NASA

  

  This article provides opportunities for students to learn about the women computers who work at NASA, both past and present. Read more

• Article 2: Places of Hidden Figures: Black Women Mathematicians in Aeronautics and the Space Race

  

  African American women played a critical role in the Space Race and rose to new heights as mathematicians, computer programmers, team project leads, and engineers at NASA. This article features properties in the National Register of Historic Places that are related to their stories. Read more