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Hidden Figures - Margot Lee Shetterly

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couple of years before she was<br />

confronted with the whole rigmarole of<br />

separate bathrooms. By then, she simply<br />

refused to change her habits—refused to<br />

so much as enter the Colored bathrooms.<br />

And that was that. No one ever said<br />

another word to her about it.<br />

She also made the decision to bring a<br />

bag lunch and eat at her desk, something<br />

many of the employees did. Why should<br />

she spend the extra money on lunch? It<br />

was more convenient as well; the<br />

cafeteria was just far enough from her<br />

building to have to drive, and who<br />

wanted to do that? And it was healthier<br />

too, what with the temptation of the ice<br />

cream that the cafeteria sold for dessert.<br />

Of course, for Katherine Goble, eating at<br />

her desk also had the benefit of removing<br />

the segregated cafeteria from her daily

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