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100	1		_aStone, Tanya Lee.
245	1	0	_aAlmost astronauts : _bthe true story of the "Mercury 13" women / _cTanya Lee Stone.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aSomerville, Mass. : _bCandlewick Press, _c2009.
300			_a133 p. : _bill. (some col.) ; _c26 cm.
500			_a"The true story of the "Mercury 13" women"-Cover.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_a"T minus thirty-eight years" -- "I jumped at the offer" -- "Not a meaningful test!" -- "Mommy's going to the moon!" -- "It was too good to be true" -- "Regret to advise" -- "Let's stop this now!" -- "Jerrie Cobb isn't running this program. I am!" -- "The men go off and fight the wars and fly the airplanes" -- "NASA never had any intention of putting those women in space" -- "We want to see a woman driving the bus, not sitting in the back" -- "I am living proof that dreams do come true."
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.
650		0	_aWomen astronauts _zUnited States _vBiography _vJuvenile literature.
650		0	_aWomen astronauts _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century _vJuvenile literature.
650		0	_aSex discrimination against women _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century _vJuvenile literature.
610	2	0	_aProject Mercury (United States) _xHistory _vJuvenile literature.
856	1		_uhttp://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/women_gallery/sitemap.htm
856	1		_uhttp://www.twu.edu/library/wasp/index.htm
856	1		_uhttp://www.sallyridescience.com
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