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Author Margot Lee Shetterly:

‘Look For Your Hidden Figures’

Above, Neil and Linda Riddell, Oneonta, sit enraptured as they and the rest of the audience listen to Margot Lee Shetterly, right, whose “Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Us Win the Space Race,” became a hit movie this summer.  She was the guest lecturer at the 2017 Mills Distinguished Lecture at the Alumni Field House this evening. Shetterly spoke on how she came to know the lives of these women, how she was able to bring their story to light and how continues to inspire her and a new generation. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)

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