Depiction of Us - Soviet Space Race in Hidden Figures

The background of Hidden figures is in the 1960s, the US-Soviet space race, and the black apartheid period. Katherine Goble, Mathematician, physicist, Dorothy Vaughan, Mathematician, and Mary Jackson, an engineer are worked for NASA, They all encountered difficulties and discrimination in the workplace, but in the end, they won the respect and recognition of others through their own talents and efforts, and overcome these difficulties. In the movie, Due to the dual pressures of racial and gender discrimination, their promotion space has been shrinking, and the 'glass ceiling' is much thicker than others. They used their talents and efforts to win opportunities for their own promotion and created opportunities for their future success. It can be seen how important the role of retaining women’s promotion space to ensure the contributions of women to deliver to their full potential is.

Mr. Harrison’s reuse of her allows her to exert her greatest influence. When Katherine just entered the space task group, she even couldn't get complete information on her calculations. In the later stage, because it is not allowed to attend the meeting, it is impossible to know the new message in time, and the result that has just been calculated is to be overthrown and recalculated. It is Mr. Harrison who let her attend the meeting and give her the opportunity to play her biggest role and promote the success of the entire project.

Under the leadership of Dorothy, women in the West Side Computing Group completed their identity transformation and became an integral part of NASA. The entire western computing group is black women who do the most tedious and complicated calculations, and Dorothy is their leader. As NASA begins to enable IBM machines, computing groups will gradually be replaced. Dorothy was keenly aware of the crisis. She quickly taught herself FORTRAN and persuaded and trained other calculators to help them become programmers. This has contributed to the early application and development of computers in aerospace and scientific applications.

Mary’s leader guides her in the way forward. Mary’s leader is a Polish- Jewish Holocaust survivor, He didn't treat Mary as a computer like everyone else, but give her the opportunity to really participate in the experiment. In the process of working with Mary, he discovered her talent and passion for engineering and encouraged her to apply for a formal engineer position. With the encouragement of this unbiased boss, Mary decided to bravely pursue her dreams.

All of the above leaders have cast prejudice and discrimination, retaining women's promotion space and opportunities, giving them the opportunity to maximize their talents. And these women live up to expectations, prove themselves with their own strength, and contribute an integral part of the success of the entire team.