![]() This is a story that took me to airfields, to the military…and to the women themselves.įREE BONUS MATERIAL – a poetry tribute to the women by the author. There were heavy hitters who testified against them. There was no room for women in the space program.īut these brave women weren’t the kind to give up. But when push came to shove, the answer was No. Stone, Tanya Lee, and Margaret Weitekamp. Twelve other female pilots followed her, passing the tests they took with flying colors. Arrives by Thu, Mar 9 Buy Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream (Pre-Owned Hardcover 9780763636111) by Tanya Lee Stone, Margaret A Weitekamp at. Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream, Stone, Tanya Lee, Weitekamp, Margaret. ![]() Jerrie Cobb was one of the top female pilots in the country and completed all the astronaut testing the Mercury 7 men did. ![]() ![]() Have you ever heard of her? Did you know there were extraordinary women ready and able to be astronauts at the very same time John Glenn and Scott Carpenter were making history? Yet they were turned away. Nearly two decades before Sally Ride–there was Jerrie Cobb. In 1961, thirteen women were tested to see if women were equally qualified to be astronauts as men. ![]() Weitekamp, Curator, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum ![]()
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