Sips n' Stories Book Club (Hidden Figures)

Join us on Zoom for a drink and book discussion. We'll make a Whiskey Sour before we discuss Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly (or bring a drink of your choice).

The e-book and audiobook are always available on Libby. The book is available at the library.

Summary: Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement and the Space Race, Hidden Figures follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA’s greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances and used their intellect to change their own lives, and their country’s future.

Zoom meeting details will be emailed to you when you register. Must be 21 or older.

Upcoming Meetings: 

The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict - Thursday, Apr 7 at 6 pm.

Call Us What We Carry: Poems by Amanda Gorman - Thursday, May 5 at 6 pm.