When I first finished this book I didn't know what to say about it so I didn't write any review. I'm still not quite sure what to say about it.
I didn't like the style. I found the book jumpy and poorly organised which made it difficult to keep the women in it straight. It kept bouncing back and forth between telling a story about an organisation in chronological order and giving short biographies of the important players.
I enjoyed the subject matter and would like to learn more about the role that women played int he development of mathematics. This book did not really go into detail about what different women contributed to their respective fields, but focused on the socio-political aspects of them being in that job in the first place. While this is an important part of the historical story, in was not the part that I was most interested in.
I found it interesting how much weight Shetterly put on women of colour being included in the NACA's project had an effect on the civil rights movement(s). I would be interested to see further scholarship on this.
I rate this book a 7 out of 10. I read it mainly to see the movie and I expect that it will be clearer than the book.
I didn't like the style. I found the book jumpy and poorly organised which made it difficult to keep the women in it straight. It kept bouncing back and forth between telling a story about an organisation in chronological order and giving short biographies of the important players.
I enjoyed the subject matter and would like to learn more about the role that women played int he development of mathematics. This book did not really go into detail about what different women contributed to their respective fields, but focused on the socio-political aspects of them being in that job in the first place. While this is an important part of the historical story, in was not the part that I was most interested in.
I found it interesting how much weight Shetterly put on women of colour being included in the NACA's project had an effect on the civil rights movement(s). I would be interested to see further scholarship on this.
I rate this book a 7 out of 10. I read it mainly to see the movie and I expect that it will be clearer than the book.
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