"Shetterly’s highly recommended work offers up a crucial history that had previously and unforgivably been lost." Library Journal starred review

"This is an incredibly powerful and complex story, and Shetterly has it down cold. The breadth of her well-documented research is immense, and her narrative compels on every level." Booklist starred review

"Exploring the intimate relationships among blackness, womanhood, and 20th-century American technological development, Shetterly crafts a narrative that is crucial to understanding subsequent movements for civil rights." Publishers Weekly starred review

"It was hard enough to be a woman in the industry at that time, but the black women who worked at Langley also had to be strong, sharp, and sufficiently self-possessed to be able to question their superiors—and that is just what they did....their story is inspiring and enlightening." Kirkus

"Okay, so you'll have to bookmark this for Labor Day weekend. But Hidden Figures promises to be worth the wait." Elle, 7/19/16