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

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

Tanya Lee. Stone

Date de publication comme intervalle
2009

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

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

Table des matières
"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."

Vedette-matière - nom collectif
Project Mercury (U.S.) -- History.

Terme de vedette-matière
Women astronauts -- United States -- Biography.
 
Women astronauts -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
 
Sex discrimination against women -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780763636111
 
9780763645021

Informations de publication
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
A. Blair McPherson920 STOBook31458000026115Non-Fiction