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Stone, Tanya Lee.
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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.
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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.
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Almost astronauts : 13 women who dared to dream / Tanya Lee Stone.
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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.
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