Chapters 5-6 Hidden Figures

Chapters 5 and 6 of Hidden Figures

By Carol Sinclair

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Chapter 5: #9. Who was President of the United States at the time?

Franklin D Roosevelt

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Chapter 5: #10. What was meant by the Double V?

Victory in the war and victory in the Civil Rights Movement

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Chapter 6: #11. What made Dorothy Vaughan feel like an official employee at NACA?

Her identification badge

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Chapter 6: #12. In 1940, what percent of black women earned a college degree? What percent of those women went into teaching?

2% of all black women earned college degrees; 60% of them became teachers.

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Chapter 6: #13. What sign did Miriam Mann continue to remove from the cafeteria?

"colored computers"