Woodson, Carter G., 72–73
Wright, Orville, 46, 53, 55, 188, 283
Wright, Ray, 110
X for experimental planes, 57, 59
X-1 plane, 85, 99–100
X-15 rocket plane, 138, 163–164
X-15 simulator, 227
Yeager, Chuck, 85, 99, 227
Young, John, 246, 249, 314
Young, P. B., 34
Young, Pearl
FBI questioning, 101–102
Langley technical editor, 40, 85, 178
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
MARGOT LEE SHETTERLY is a writer who grew up in Hampton, Virginia, where she knew many of the women in Hidden Figures. She is an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow and the recipient of a Virginia Foundation for the Humanities grant for her research into the history of women in computing. She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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