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Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone (Hardcover, 2009)

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They had the right stuff. They defied the prejudices of the time. And they blazed a trail for generations of women to follow.What does it take to be an astronaut? Mastery at flying, courage, intelligence, resistance to stress, being in top shape - any checklist would certainly include these. But when America created NASA in 1958, there was another unspoken rule: you had to be a man. Here is the tale of thirteen women who not only proved that they were as tough as the toughest man, but were brave enough to challenge the government. Their passage to space was blocked by prejudice, by jealousy, by the scrawled note of one of the most powerful men in Washington. But, in the end, they did not lose, for their inspiring example empowered young women to take their rightful place in the sky, piloting jets and commanding space capsules that could bring human beings to distant planets. Almost Astronauts is the story of thirteen true pioneers of the space age.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Candlewick Press,U.S.
ISBN-13
9780763636111
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96029375

Product Key Features

Book Title
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
Author
Tanya Lee Stone
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Children & Young Adults
Number of Pages
144 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
259mm
Item Width
238mm
Item Weight
644g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Tanya Lee Stone
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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