the lives of four african-american women, dorothy vaughan mary jackson katherine johnson and christine darden who is here. [applause] and i am so pleased also to let you know that many of the family members of dorothy vaughan and mary jackson and i believe mrs. johnson are here as well as gloria who is a part of my book and many other women who worked with them and men who worked with them at the langley research center so thank you so much for coming and if you see them in the crowd tonight definitely i think i see sharon stack back there. i am so thrilled that these women who actually lived the history so i could write it are here. so, so many of us gathered here. we knew these women and they we were raised by them or lived with them or worship with them or socialize with them or taught by them or worked with them. i'm sure you will agree with me when we say we have learned a tremendous amount from them. so many lessons from these women and their lives. i have a list that could fill another book with things i have learned from researching their lives but one the most timely i think and the

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