Luka Todorovic

This book was great. I love how the author Margot Lee Shetterly really focused on showing how accomplishing these 3 women were. I still don't think people understand how important they were; from their stunning accomplishments to their impressive intellect, they were very important in NASA'S early success. As well, they were women, and on top of that they were women of color. I can't stress enough how hard it was for them to go out and prove that equity/equality was something that they deserved. In no way, because they were women and women of color did that mean that they were of lesser intelligence. They proved that women could do just as much as men and do it even better and that black people can do just as much as white. I don't think this was the end of racism and such but I think these three took a big leap in helping with the sexism and racial discrimination back in the day by being able to prove and show that they were just as good. I think this book also portrays many great life skills that were used by the 3 women. One big one was perseverance. As you saw they didn't care if they could get more money working as a servant or some other job that required no education. They decided from the beginning, no matter how hard it was, no matter how much money they got, they wanted to be able to use their education so they could help their children pursue a good life. They never gave up on NASA either, when not getting the recognition they deserved they still continued working as hard as they could, when they were being discriminated they did not care they just continued working as hard as they could. This shows just how perseverant these 3 were and I think that this skill is very important in life and that the book clearly showed its importance. So in the end I think this book deserves 5 stars because I love how the author clearly focused on the accomplishments of these 3 amazing women and the many important life skills in which she portrayed very well.