During The 1950S Racism And Prejudice Was High And As A

During the 1950s racism and prejudice was high and as a result many significant role models during the time were not represented in history. Because the United States was segregated during the Space Race â€Å"colored† people were not praised by America. They were neglected and overlooked. Overall there were people who helped in the Space Race that were congratulated and praised. They were viewed as the greatest scientist, engineers, and geniuses during the 1950s. But equal representation in praise between Whites and African-American individuals was not made. The United States did not carry on the rich history that African-Americans impacted during the Space Race. Also during that time society choose who to praise no matter how big or small†¦show more content†¦All things considered the astronauts were potentially endangering themselves if they were picked to spice off to space. The scientist, engineers, and mathematicians were only sending them off with the hopeful e xpectations of their inventions succeeding. Therefore, it’s not a wonder why society clung to the image of astronauts as heroes. Hidden Figures follows the story of three very talented African-American women. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine G. Johnson represent a group of women that weren’t accurately represented in history. Many people believed that a woman couldn’t be part of such an important part of history. Margot Lee Shetterly describes a discovery she happened upon. There she describes how in 1990 Virginia Biggins who worked at Langley beat for the Daily Press newspaper stated that â€Å"‘Everyone said, ‘this is a scientist, this is an engineer’ and it was always a man’† (xvi). Virginia Biggins according to Margot Lee Shetterly then continues to say, â€Å"‘I just assumed they were all secretaries’†, when talking about the women during the Space Race (xvi). 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