Margot Lee Shetterly, who wrote Hidden Figures, said it was her "life's honor" to tell Ms Johnson's story. "Her brilliance helped us to see and celebrate other #hiddenfigures in history.

Hidden Figures' is about taking off our blinders and recognising the contributions of the unseen individuals who were there at the beginning of the story," Margot Lee Shetterly, who wrote the 2016 ...