“Just as islands—isolated places with unique, rich biodiversity—have relevance for the ecosystems everywhere, so does studying seemingly isolated or overlooked people and events from the past turn up unexpected connections and insights to modern life.” — Margot Lee Shetterly Copy Share Image
“...internalized the Negro theorem of needing to be twice as good to get half as far.” — Margot Lee Shetterly Copy Share Image
“black people frequently disqualified themselves even without the WHITES ONLY sign in view” — Margot Lee Shetterly Copy Share Image
“At the beginning of a decade when everything was beginning to seem possible, nothing seemed impossible.” — Margot Lee Shetterly Copy Share Image
Every time you go to an airport and get on a plane, you are basically taking advantage of the work that was done at… — Margot Lee Shetterly Copy Share Image
“It was the engineer who determined what problems to investigate, designed the experiments, and defined the assignments for the mathematicians.” — Margot Lee Shetterly Copy Share Image
“Like craftsmen in a medieval guild, NASA engineers hoped that one day their children would decide to take up the mantle of the profession… — Margot Lee Shetterly Copy Share Image
For too long, history has imposed a binary condition on its black citizens: either nameless or renowned, menial or exceptional, passive recipients of the… — Margot Lee Shetterly Copy Share Image
The success of 'Hidden Figures' proves that people are interested in, hungry for, stories about transcendent human experiences. — Margot Lee Shetterly Copy Share Image
“Early in her career at Langley, Dorthy Lee was interviewed for the Daily Press, in all probability by Virginia Biggins, the female reporter assigned… — Margot Lee Shetterly Copy Share Image
“Get the girl to check the numbers,' said the astronaut. If she says the numbers are good, he told them, I'm ready to go.” — Margot Lee Shetterly Copy Share Image
My dad worked with Mary Jackson very closely at one point. I knew Katherine Johnson as well. They were all part of this group… — Margot Lee Shetterly Copy Share Image
“War, technology, and social progress; it seemed that the second two always came with the first. The NACA’s work—more intense and” — Margot Lee Shetterly Copy Share Image
“The black female mathematicians who walked into Langley in 1943 would find themselves at the intersection of these great transformations, their sharp minds and… — Margot Lee Shetterly Copy Share Image
