Unfortunately, we don't know exactly what the pay gap was.Īccording to a NASA archivist, the pay rates for scientists and engineers in 1962 ranged from $9,475 a year to $12,000 a year. Hidden Figures does a great job documenting how unfairly women of color were treated in the workplace, but it would've been fascinating to learn more about the detriments of taking home salaries that did not match the employee's degree of labor. "A 'girl' could be paid significantly less than a man for doing the same job," writes Margot Lee Shetterly, who wrote the book that the film is based on.
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(It should be noted that Hidden Figures does take dramatic license with the timeline: By 1961-1962, when the movie takes place, the segregated facilities had already been abolished at NASA, and some of the career barriers the characters were up against were no longer an issue: Vaughan was promoted to supervisor in 1949, and Jackson became NASA's first black female engineer in 1958.)īut what the movie doesn't mention: They were also expected to work for less money than their male counterparts. And in the Jim Crow South (the film is set at the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia), a gaggle of white men thought nothing of making Johnson drink coffee from a separate percolator marked “colored.” They were relegated to segregated bathrooms and dining areas. When it comes to racial and gender discrimination, the movie doesn’t sugarcoat the way Johnson, Vaughan, Jackson and their fellow female African-American colleagues were treated by NASA. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monaé). It’s a film that turns the spotlight not only on the forgotten African-American women who were integral to the "space race" in the early 1960s, but the gender and racial discrimination they faced on a daily basis.īut interestingly enough, for all the work Hidden Figures does to educate moviegoers about the segregation black women endured while employed at NASA, the filmmakers largely omit the unfair salary practices experienced primarily by the film’s three main protagonists: Katherine Johnson (Taraji P.
$10.00 for members, $12.00 for non-members.This Sunday, Hidden Figures will vie for Best Picture at the 89th Annual Academy Awards. Or call the Museum at 38 to purchase and reserve your seat. Advanced purchase of tickets is recommended.Ĭlick Here to Purchase Your Admission Online Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the event start time. Popcorn and snacks will be available at the concession stand. This film will be displayed in 16:9 aspect ratio on the Planetarium dome in stunning 4K Ultra high definition. Ashley Lear and graduate student Kayla Taylor Ashley Lear and graduate student Kayla Taylor on women in astronomy as they delivered it at the 2022 International Astronautical Congress in Paris.Ħ:00pm - “A Woman ‘in the snow among the Clocks and instruments’”: How Adrienne Rich Reimagined the Lives of Women Astronomers, by ERAU’s Dr. This event includes a bonus presentation by ERAU’s Dr. Nominated for Best Picture at the 89th Academy Awards, this historical drama follows the African American women whose mathematics sent NASA’s astronauts to the Moon, while they faced discrimination at home. Join us in the Lohman Planetarium to celebrate International Women’s Day with the critically acclaimed Hidden Figures.
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