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History, what happened with nasa on this date . September 8, 1967, the surveyor 5 launched, september 8, 1983, satcom 7 launched. September 8th, sts 106 launched. Today, september 8, 2016, Margot Lee Shetterly Lee Shetterly publicly Lee Shetterly publicly launches her book story of the black women mathematicians who helped win the space race. [applause] i believe you know Margot Lee Shetterly. They couldnt wait to see her again. She was born and raised in virginia, graduated the university of virginia with a degree in finance, generous independent researcher, entrepreneur and cocreator of engl...

And i were expecting my first baby and we were just having a real difficult time coming up with names, my husband suggested Eleanor Francis. There was this boom picture of her black and white, nasa in 1960s where shoes accepting an award and i was stunned by this picture because i had no idea that women worked at nasa at that time much less a scientists. I really wanted to learn more. There was a large group of women who worked at this laboratory starting in 1940s and they were known as computers so at the time a digital device we have today. Host how did this group of women come together at a...

Baby and we were just having a really difficult time coming up with names, finally my husband suggested Eleanor Francis, i googled the name and what popped up was a woman named Eleanor Francis and there was a beautiful picture of her black and white taken at nasa in the 1960s accepting an award. I was stun by the picture because i had no idea that women worked in nasa at that time much less a scientist. So i really wanted to learn more about i found out that actually Eleanor Francis was not alone and they were known as computers so at the time before the digital devices a computer simply meant...

To a judge, judge neil and he said i like you to sign a book for a friend of mine and i said oh great, who is the friend . And he started spilling the name, ba are a, it was president obama. And i signed a book for him and i like to tell you what i signed. I said to president obama, we are all proud of your presidency and i know that Thurgood Marshall would be proud to, sincerely yours will haygood. So thank you. Yg that will bring our three hours to a close. Will haygood, haygood, in the context of Miami University thank you for your time a book to me. Thank you very much, its, its been an ho...

On book tvs afterwards, Science Writer Nathalia Holt chronicles the lives of an elite group of people who worked at the jet Propulsion Laboratorys in the 40s and 50s. She talks about her book, rise of the rocket girls with lisa grande of the system is sony and national air and space museum. Host thank you very much Nathalia Holt for being here with me to talk about your research and your new book about the socalled rocket girls of the jet Propulsion Laboratory before thank you for having me. Host i would like to begin by asking you how you discovered this group of women and how you decided to ...