Overnight Code
"To be young, gifted, and Black! Raye Montauge's story is genuine, uplifting, and witty. Every page offers a life lesson about navigating diversity, commitment, and parenting. Raye Montague should be a name that is known throughout the nation." Pearl K. Dowe, professor, Emory University
" Overnight Code is a must-read for anyone seeking inspiration to overcome social barriers and to shatter glass ceilings." —Carolyn Porter, Marcel's Letters: A Font and the Search for One Man's Fate The inspiring story of a groundbreaking African American female engineer who created the first computer-designed ship for the US Navy Raye Montague was an ambitious little girl in segregated Little Rock. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Chicago Review Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781641602594
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
- Format
- 23 x 1 cm
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"To be young, gifted, and Black! Raye Montauge's story is genuine, uplifting, and witty. Every page offers a life lesson about navigating diversity, commitment, and parenting. Raye Montague should be a name that is known throughout the nation." Pearl K. Dowe, professor, Emory University
"Overnight Code skillfully combines the personal, the political, and the scientific to tell the powerful and inspiring story of a woman who refused to be stopped by the dual challenges of racism and sexism in the largely male, largely White world of the early days of computer science." Pamela D. Toler, author of Women Warriors
"Overnight Code is a must-read for anyone seeking inspiration to overcome social barriers and to shatter glass ceilings." -- Carolyn Porter, Marcel's Letters: A Font and the Search for One Man's Fate
"After reading, and reading again, the pages of her biography, one arrives at a conundrum of a crossroad: there was both no one like her and yet so many like her. She was original in triumph and spirit, but faced some of the same hurdles that thousands before and after her have encountered. How she handled them the grace, the tenacity was exemplary; Raye was a definitive inspiration for all."Dustin Jayroe, AY Magazine
"What an amazing story about an amazing woman! . . . Important and inspiring, Raye Montague's life demonstrates what a determined woman can accomplish even when the deck is doubly stacked against her." Theresa Kaminski, historian and author of Dr. Mary Walker's Civil War
" Overnight Code serves as a reminder that even in the toughest of environments, if you give someone a chance, they will excel beyond expectations. It is the lesson, the story, and the life of Raye Montague." Artemesia Stanberry, coauthor of Stealth Reconstruction
"The author does an admirable job of letting readers learn about a true American hero and offers an in-depth look at a remarkable man." Booked Solid with Virginia C
"Raye Montague was a trailblazing figure made of grit and grace. Overnight Code unveils the true story behind her twin battles against racism and sexism as she earned her place in history as a computer programming pioneer." Carolyn Porter, Marcel's Letters