Record #:

43620

Author(s):

Keegan, Lewis

Abstract:

Darden was born in Monroe (Union County" .Her life story was one of those included in the book, Hidden Figures: "The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race " (2016). She is recognized as one of the world's top experts on supersonic wing design and sonic boom mitigation.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 59 Issue 1, Fall 2019, p36-37, il

Subject(s):

Mathematicians--North Carolina--women--Christine Darden; African American women mathematicians--Christine Darden; Darden, Christine