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Right Stuff, Wrong Sex America's First Women In Space Program
by Weitekamp, Margaret A.
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- ISBN-13: 9780801883941
- ISBN: 0801883946
- Publication Date: 2005
- Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
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Margaret Weitekamp traces the rise and fall of the Lovelace Woman in Space program within the context of the cold war and the thriving women's aviation culture of the 1950s, showing how the Lovelace trainees challenged prevailing attitudes about women's roles and capabilities. In examining the experiences of the would-be Lady Astronauts, this study documents the achievements and frustrated hopes of a remarkable group of women.Weitekamp, Margaret A. is the author of 'Right Stuff, Wrong Sex America's First Women In Space Program', published 2005 under ISBN 9780801883941 and ISBN 0801883946.
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