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Almost astronauts: 13 women who dared to dream.
Tag	Description
020	$a9781441890573
082	$aACD STO
100	$aStone, Tanya Lee.
245	$aAlmost astronauts$h[sound recording] :$b13 women who dared to dream$cby Tanya Lee Stone.
260	$aGrand Haven, MI :$bBrilliance Audio,$cp2010
300	$a3 sound discs (3 hr., 42 min.) :$bdigital ;$c4 3/4 in.
490	$aCandlewick on Brilliance Audio
500	$aUnabridged.
500	$aIn container (18 cm.).
500	$aCompact discs.
511	$aRead by Susan Ericksen.
520	$aWhat 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.
610	$aProject Mercury (U.S.)$xHistory$vJuvenile literature.
650	$aWomen astronauts$zUnited States$vBiography$vJuvenile literature.
650	$aWomen astronauts$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century$vJuvenile literature.
650	$aSex discrimination against women$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century$vJuvenile literature.
655	$aAudiobooks