Almost Astronauts : The True Story of the "Mercury 13" Women
Stone, Tanya Lee.
Almost Astronauts : The True Story of the "Mercury 13" Women Tanya Lee Stone. - 1st ed. - Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009. - 133 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
"The true story of the "Mercury 13" women"-Cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
"T minus thirty-eight years" -- "I jumped at the offer" -- "Not a meaningful test!" -- "Mommy's going to the moon!" -- "It was too good to be true" -- "Regret to advise" -- "Let's stop this now!" -- "Jerrie Cobb isn't running this program. I am!" -- "The men go off and fight the wars and fly the airplanes" -- "NASA never had any intention of putting those women in space" -- "We want to see a woman driving the bus, not sitting in the back" -- "I am living proof that dreams do come true."
Presents the story of the thirteen women connected with NASA's Mercury 13 space mission, who braved prejudice and jealousy to make their mark and open the door for the female pilots and space commanders that would soon follow.
9780763636111 (lib. bdg.) : $24.99 0763636118 (lib. bdg.) : $24.99
2008017487
GBA8D4090 bnb
014836877 Uk
Project Mercury (U.S.)--History
Women astronauts--United States--Biography
Astronauts--Biography
Women--Biography
Women astronauts--History--United States
Sex discrimination--History--United States
TL789.85.A1 / S79 2008
629.450092/273
Almost Astronauts : The True Story of the "Mercury 13" Women Tanya Lee Stone. - 1st ed. - Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009. - 133 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
"The true story of the "Mercury 13" women"-Cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
"T minus thirty-eight years" -- "I jumped at the offer" -- "Not a meaningful test!" -- "Mommy's going to the moon!" -- "It was too good to be true" -- "Regret to advise" -- "Let's stop this now!" -- "Jerrie Cobb isn't running this program. I am!" -- "The men go off and fight the wars and fly the airplanes" -- "NASA never had any intention of putting those women in space" -- "We want to see a woman driving the bus, not sitting in the back" -- "I am living proof that dreams do come true."
Presents the story of the thirteen women connected with NASA's Mercury 13 space mission, who braved prejudice and jealousy to make their mark and open the door for the female pilots and space commanders that would soon follow.
9780763636111 (lib. bdg.) : $24.99 0763636118 (lib. bdg.) : $24.99
2008017487
GBA8D4090 bnb
014836877 Uk
Project Mercury (U.S.)--History
Women astronauts--United States--Biography
Astronauts--Biography
Women--Biography
Women astronauts--History--United States
Sex discrimination--History--United States
TL789.85.A1 / S79 2008
629.450092/273