Hidden Figures - Margot Lee Shetterly

thirty-eight years old, she found herself a
widow and a mother, but also a
professional still in the early days of
realizing her long-held dream. Jimmy
wouldn’t be there to see it come to its
fruition, but with love, support, and a
belief in her talent, he had escorted her to
the threshold, and she would carry his
spirit and their memories forward. And
so Jimmy Goble’s death at the end of
1956 wasn’t so much an end as an
intermission. All that had come before
would connect to all that was to come. In
January 1957, Katherine’s daughters
went back to school, and she went back
to work: the second act of her life was
about to begin.