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Almost astronauts : 13 women who dared to dream /

What does it take to be an astronaut? Excellence at flying, courage, intelligence, resistance to stress, top physical shape, any checklist would include these. But when America created NASA in 1958, there was another unspoken rule: you had to be a man. Here is the tale of thirteen women who proved t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stone, Tanya Lee
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, [2009]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Women astronauts > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Women astronauts > United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Sex discrimination against women > United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Project Mercury (U.S.) > History > Juvenile literature.
Table of Contents:
  • "T minus thirty-eight years"
  • "I jumped at the offer"
  • "Not a meaningful test"
  • "Mommy's going to the moon!"
  • "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."