Author: Margaret A. Weitekamp
Edition: 1
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0801883946
Right Stuff, Wrong Sex: America's First Women in Space Program (Gender Relations in the American Experience)
On June 17, 1963, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space. Medical books Right Stuff, Wrong Sex. Curiously, unlike every previous milestone in the "space race," this event did not spur NASA to catch up by flying an American woman. Though there were suitable candidates-two years earlier, thirteen female pilots recruited by the private Woman in Space program had passed a strenuous physical exam and were ready for another stage of astronaut testing-American women would not escape earth's gravity for another twenty years.
In Right Stuff, Wrong Sex, Margaret Weitekamp shows how the Woman in Space program—conceived by Dr. William Randolph Lovelace and funded by world-famous pilot and businesswoman Jacqueline Cochran—challenged prevailing attitudes about women's roles and capabilities Medical books Right Stuff, Wrong Sex – America's First Women In Space Program Margaret A. Weit. age level from 17 author margaret a weitekamp format hardback language english publication year 26 11 2004 series gender relations in the american experience subject transport subject 2 aircraft spacecraft general interest title right stuff wrong sex america s first women in space program author margaret a weitekamp publisher johns hopkins univ pr publication date nov 01 2004 pages 256 binding hardcover edition illustrated dimensions 6 25 wx 9 00 hx 1 00 d isbn 0801879949 subject biography aut
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Medical Book Right Stuff, Wrong Sex
Curiously, unlike every previous milestone in the "space race," this event did not spur NASA to catch up by flying an American woman. Though there were suitable candidates-two years earlier, thirteen female pilots recruited by the private Woman in Space program had passed a strenuous physical exam and were ready for another stage of astronaut testing-American women would not escape earth's gravity for another twenty years.
In Right Stuff, Wrong Sex, Margaret Weitekamp shows how the Woman in Space program—conceived by Dr. William Randolph Lovelace and funded by world-famous pilot and businesswoman Jacqueline Cochran—challenged prevailing attitudes about women's roles and capabilities. In examining the experiences of the Fellow Lady Astronaut Trainees (as the candidates called themselves), this book documents the achievements and frustrated hopes of a remarkable group of women whose desire to serve their country fell victim to hostility toward such aspirations. Drawing from archival research and interviews with participants, Weitekamp traces the rise and fall of the Woman in Space program within the context of the cold war and the thriving women's aviation culture of the 1950s. Weitekamp's study sheds light on a little-known but compelling chapter in the history of the U.S. space program and the rise of the women's movement in America.
