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Place On Hold

Almost astronauts : 13 women who dared to dream / Tanya Lee Stone ; [foreword by Margaret A. Weitekamp].

Author: Stone, Tanya Lee.

Edition: 1st ed.

Publisher: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.

ISBN: 9780763636111 (alk. paper)
0763636118 (alk. paper)

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

Subject: Project Mercury (U.S.) Juvenile literature.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration History Juvenile literature.
Project Mercury (U.S.).
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Women astronauts United States Biography Juvenile literature.
Astronauts United States History 20th century Juvenile literature.
Sex discrimination against women United States History 20th century Juvenile literature.
Women astronauts.
Astronauts.
Sex discrimination against women.

Notes: "The true story of the "Mercury 13" women"-Jacket.

Summary: Here is the tale of thirteen women who proved that they were not only as tough as the toughest man but also brave enough to challenge the government. They were blocked by prejudice, jealousy, and the scrawled note of one of the most powerful men in Washington. But even though the Mercury 13 women did not make it into space, they did not lose, for their example empowered young women to take their place in the sky.

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