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In documenting these events, Foster offers a broader understanding of the difficulties in sexually integrating any workplace, even when the organization approaches the situation with as positive an outlook and as strong a motivation as did NASA.

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"This book is the first one to examine seriously how women finally joined the NASA astronaut corps... Rich in documentary sources and strengthened by oral histories, this book offers memorable stories illustrating the texture of this significant transition." (Margaret A. Weitekamp, National Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution)"

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Beyond Rosie the Riveter
2. Wilma Deering Meets Captain Janeway
3. ''The Damn Crazy Things!''
4. Making Space
5. ''The Strange Ones''
6. Defying Gravity
7. ''NASA Sutra''
8. Uninvited Heroics
Epilogue
Notes
Essay on Sources
Index

Integrating Women into the Astronaut Corps

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: 26/01/2012
      ISBN13: 9781421401959, 978-1421401959
      ISBN10: 1421401959
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      Gender studies: women and girls Technology, Engineering & Agriculture History of engineering and technology Not Just Books Stationery

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In documenting these events, Foster offers a broader understanding of the difficulties in sexually integrating any workplace, even when the organization approaches the situation with as positive an outlook and as strong a motivation as did NASA.

      Trade Review
      "This book is the first one to examine seriously how women finally joined the NASA astronaut corps... Rich in documentary sources and strengthened by oral histories, this book offers memorable stories illustrating the texture of this significant transition." (Margaret A. Weitekamp, National Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution)"

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      Introduction
      1. Beyond Rosie the Riveter
      2. Wilma Deering Meets Captain Janeway
      3. ''The Damn Crazy Things!''
      4. Making Space
      5. ''The Strange Ones''
      6. Defying Gravity
      7. ''NASA Sutra''
      8. Uninvited Heroics
      Epilogue
      Notes
      Essay on Sources
      Index

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