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Margot Lee ShetterlyA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Throughout Hidden Figures, Shetterly points to examples of women’s strength and perseverance and how these traits contributed to their success at NASA. She also foregrounds, however, the fact that many moments of growth in the space race took place at the same time that the civil rights movement was working to advocate for racial equality. Considering your overall reading experience, what is the effect of this comparison? To what extent does the text serve as a dual narrative? Utilize text details in supporting your points. It may be helpful to reflect on the following questions in formulating your response:
Teaching Suggestion: With this prompt, students have the opportunity to think critically about these two eras in American history and what might be revealed about American society as a result.
By Margot Lee Shetterly