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Title Almost astronauts : 13 women who dared to dream / Tanya Lee Stone; [foreword by Margaret A. Weitekamp].
Author Stone, Tanya Lee.
Publisher Somerville, MA : Candlewick Press, ©2009.
Copyright ©2009.
Description 133 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits (some color), photographs (some color) ; 26 cm
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 PC-Young Adult  YA 629.45 STO Nearby on shelf  30643003538882 04-25-19  AVAILABLE
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-130) and index.
NOTE Accelerated Reader MG 7.1 4 129067
Summary Presents the story of the thirteen women connected with NASA's Mercury 13 space mission, who braved prejudice and jealousy to make their mark and open the door for the female pilots and space commanders who would soon follow.
Audience 980L Lexile
Awards A Junior Library Guild selection.
Sibert Informational Book Award Winner (2010).
Subject Project Mercury (U.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Women astronauts -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women astronauts -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Sex discrimination against women -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Add'l Names Weitekamp, Margaret A., 1971-
Other title 13 women who dared to dream.
Thirteen women who dared to dream.
ISBN 9780763636111
0763636118
9780763645021