Margot Lee Shetterly is a journalist and independent researcher currently developing The Human Computer Project, a collaboration with Macalester College American Studies professor Duchess Harris to create a digital archive of the stories of NASA's African-American Human Computers. In 2005, she founded Inside Mexico Magazine, which became the most widely distributed English language publication in Mexico. She's been profiled in the LA Times and Editor and Publisher, among other publications.
A TIME Magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Book of 2016 ‘Clearly fueled by
pride and admiration, a tender account of genuine transcendence and
camaraderie.
The story warmly conveys the dignity and refinements of these
women’ New York Times Book Review ‘Much as Tom Wolfe did in ‘The
Right Stuff’, Shetterly moves gracefully between the women’s lives
and the broader sweep of history … Shetterly blends impressive
research with an enormous amount of heart in telling these stories
… Genuinely inspiring book’ Boston Globe ‘A fascinating and
important document about the hitherto unknown impact of NASA’s
endeavours’ BBC Sky at Night magazine ‘Shetterly’s highly
recommended work offers up a crucial history that had previously
and unforgivably been lost. We’d do well to put this book into the
hands of young women who have long since been told that there’s no
room for them at the scientific table’ Library Journal ‘Inspiring
and enlightening’ Kirkus ‘Exploring the intimate relationships
among blackness, womanhood, and 20th-century American technological
development, Shetterly crafts a narrative that is crucial to
understanding subsequent movements for civil rights’ Publishers
Weekly ‘This an is incredibly powerful and complex story, and
Shetterly has it down cold. The breadth of her well-documented
research is immense, and her narrative compels on every level. The
timing of this revelatory book could not be better, and book clubs
will adore it’ Booklist ‘Meticulous … the depth and detail that are
the book’s strength make it an effective, fact-based rudder with
which would-be scientists and their allies can stabilise their
flights of fancy’ Seattle Times
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