Just as roses thrive on manure, so did the women of West Computing... find in the cruelties of segregation the inspiration to master work that most believed to be beyond their capabilities.Margot Lee Shetterly
She, too, knew what it felt like to be working in isolation, underestimated, tone policed... but she hadn’t let that stop her. She hadn’t even let that slow her down.Margot Lee Shetterly - referring to Katherine Johnson
Equipped with the right tools, insights, and determination, the women would continue pressing for progress.Margot Lee Shetterly
Their dark skin, their gender, their economic status—none of those were acceptable excuses for not giving the fullest rein to their imaginations and ambitions.Margot Lee Shetterly
Mathematics was a survival skill.Margot Lee Shetterly
The connections and dialogue between people – about the work to be done, about the nation’s aspiration – have the ability to open doors for all citizens.Margot Lee Shetterly
But no one could deny the prodigiousness of her mind, her encyclopedic memory, her ability to multitask.Margot Lee Shetterly - referring to Dorothy Vaughan
Despite the frictional drag of racism... the girl from Washington High climbed her way upwards.Margot Lee Shetterly - referring to Mary Jackson
Effort, and lots of it, was the price of admission to their universe.Margot Lee Shetterly
The odds were astronomical against their making it to the top of the male, white-dominated field of aeronautics research, but they slide rule by slide rule, they made it.Margot Lee Shetterly