Human computer : Mary Jackson, engineer

Resource Information

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Label

Human computer : Mary Jackson, engineer

Title remainder

Mary Jackson, engineer

Statement of responsibility

Andi Diehn ; illustrated by Katie Mazeika

Title variation

Mary Jackson, engineer

Creator

• Diehn, Andi

Contributor

• Mazeika, Katie

Author

• Diehn, Andi

Illustrator

• Mazeika, Katie

Subject

• African American women -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• African American women aerospace engineers
• African American women mathematicians
• African Americans -- Biography
• Jackson, Mary, 1921-2005
• Jackson, Mary, 1921-2005 -- Juvenile literature
• Space race -- Juvenile literature
• United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Biography
• United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• Women -- Biography
• Women aerospace engineers
• Women mathematicians
• Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• Aerospace engineers -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• African American mathematicians -- Biography | Juvenile literature

Genre

• Juvenile literature
• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

"When Mary Jackson was growing up, she thought being an engineer was impossible for her. Why? After all, she was fantastic at math and science. She worked really hard to learn all she could in school. Why did this smart little girl think she couldn't be an engineer? Elementary aged readers explore America's history of segregation through the life of Mary Jackson, who overcame challenges to become the first African American women to work at NASA! In Human Computer: Mary Jackson, Engineer, readers ages 5 to 8 learn what it was like for Mary Jackson to work in a place where she couldn't eat in the same lunchroom or even use the same bathroom as her white coworkers. But when she glimpsed an opportunity to work with the math and science she loved to do, she decided nothing was going to stop her. Human Computer is part of a set of four books in the Picture Book Biography series that introduces pioneers of science to young children

Member of

• Picture book biography

Cataloging source

GZD

Dewey number

510.92

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• Ages 5-8
• Grade Level 1-3

LC call number

QA29.J33

LC item number

D54 2019

Literary form

non fiction

Series statement

Picture book biography

Target audience

juvenile