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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     School Library Journal Review     More Content       More by this author     Stone, Tanya Lee.     Subjects     Project Mercury (U.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Stone, Tanya Lee.       by title:      Almost astronauts : ...       by call number:      629.450092 S881a     Search the Web     Stone, Tanya Lee.     Project Mercury (U.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.     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.       MARC Display

Almost astronauts : 13 women who dared to dream / Tanya Lee Stone. by Stone, Tanya Lee. Candlewick Press, c2009. Call #: 629.450092 S881a Subjects Project Mercury (U.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.   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. ISBN:  9780763636111 (hc) Alternate title:  Almost astronauts : thirteen women who dared to dream 13 women who dared to dream Thirteen women who dared to dream Edition:  1st ed. Description:  133 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-130) and index. Contents:  "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." Summary:  Profiles thirteen women who challenged social norms and government policies to prove they could be exceptional astronauts. Genre:  Biography, Juvenile. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Children's Nonfiction 629.450092 S881a Childrens Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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