Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama
The movie Hidden Figures focused on the contributions of NASA mathematicians, engineers, and computer programmers who weren’t recognized because they were black women. A literal example of the phrase was found in a photograph taken at the 1971 International Conference on Biology of Whales.
The caption identified every person in the picture by name and title, except for one, whose face is partially obscured. She is also the only woman, and the only black person, in the photo. Candace Jean Andersen came across the photograph in her research and wondered who the woman is, and why she wasn’t identified. She turned to social media, and clues began to come to light. A couple of men who were at the conference said she was Sheila Minor, who they thought was “support staff.” The Smithsonian’s archive reference team unearthed a receipt for the hotel that conference members used for Sheila M. Jones (which was Minor’s…The post A Literal Hidden Figure appeared first on FeedBox.