Almost astronauts : the true story of the "Mercury 13" women

Title
Almost astronauts : the true story of the "Mercury 13" women

Personal Author EPSB
Tanya Lee. Stone

Year Published
2009

Physical Description
133 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Note
"The true story of the "Mercury 13" women"--Cover.

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."

Corporate Subject
Project Mercury (U.S.) -- History.

Subject
Women astronauts -- United States -- Biography.
 
Women astronauts -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
 
Sex discrimination against women -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

ISBN
9780763636111
 
9780763645021

Publisher
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
A. Blair McPherson920 STOBook31458000026115Non-Fiction