Promised the moon : the untold story of the first women in the space race / Stephanie Nolen.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nolen, Stephanie
Language:English
Published: New York : Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003.
Subjects:
Women astronauts > United States > Biography.
Women in astronautics > Political aspects.
Feminism.
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration > History.
Space race.
Sex discrimination against women.
Genre:
Biography.
Online Access:
Connect to: Table of contents - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Local Note:
LM copy 1 gift from Michigan Women's Studies Association (MWSA).
Physical Description:xii, 356 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Unlimited visibility
  • Aviatrix
  • Jackie's girls
  • In the cockpit
  • Instant heroes
  • Unit one, female
  • "I've got to fly"
  • Normal women
  • Fellow lady astronaut trainees
  • Our rightful place
  • Abandoned
  • "Let's stop this now!"
  • Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.