Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars

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“If Hidden Figures has you itching to be informed more about the women who worked in the space program, pick up Nathalia Holt’s lively, immensely readable history, Rise of the Rocket Girls.” —Entertainment Weekly

The riveting true story of the women who launched The us into space.

In the 1940s and 50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate velocities and plot trajectories, they didn’t turn to male graduates. Quite, they recruited an elite group of young women who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowess, transformed rocket design, helped bring about the first American satellites, and made the exploration of the solar system conceivable.

For the first time, Rise of the Rocket Girls tells the stories of these women–referred to as “human computers”–who broke the boundaries of both gender and science. Based on extensive research and interviews with the entire living members of the team, Rise of the Rocket Girls offers a unique perspective on the role of women in science: both where we’ve been, and the far reaches of space to which we’re heading.

An Amazon Best Book of April 2016: Women’s history buffs rejoice! Wonderfully told and intrinsically captivating, this is the story about the elite group of women in the 40s and 50s who broke gender and science boundaries to change into rocket design and lay the groundwork for U.S. space go back and forth. Not only did I geek out on the fantastic look into the early days of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, but I also fell in love with these women who rather possibly invented the pant suit, and were vital to The us’s space go back and forth. –Penny Mann

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