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Almost astronauts: 13 women who dared to dream

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Publisher:
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date:
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Language:
English
Accelerated Reader:
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure:
980L
Description
What does it take to be an astronaut? Excellence at flying, courage, intelligence, resistance to stress, top physical shape, any checklist would 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 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, piloting jets and commanding space capsules. Almost Astronauts is the story of thirteen true pioneers of the space age.
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ISBN:
9780763636111
9780763656096
9781441825001
Accelerated Reader:
MG
Level 7.1, 4 Points
Lexile measure:
980L
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What does it take to be an astronaut? Excellence at flying, courage, intelligence, resistance to stress, top physical shape, any checklist would 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 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, piloting jets and commanding space capsules. Almost Astronauts is the story of thirteen true pioneers of the space age.
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Project Mercury (U.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature
Sex discrimination against women -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
Sex discrimination against women -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile sound recordings
Women astronauts -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Women astronauts -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile sound recordings
Women astronauts -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
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Almost astronauts : 13 women who dared to dream / Tanya Lee Stone
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