Menasha Public Library (Elisha D. Smith)

Fighting for space, two pilots and their historic battle for female spaceflight, Amy Shira Teitel

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-426)

collective biography

illustrationsplates

no index present

non fiction

Fighting for space

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Amy Shira Teitel

two pilots and their historic battle for female spaceflight

"The mostly-unknown tale of Jackie Cochran and Jerrie Cobb--two accomplished aviatrixes, one generation apart, who each dreamed of being the first woman in space, but along the way battled their egos, their expectations, and ultimately the patriarchal society that stood between them and the stars"--Provided by publisherJackie Cochran had led the Women's Auxiliary Service Pilots during the Second World War, was the first woman to break the sound barrier. She was more qualified than any woman in the world to make the leap from atmosphere to orbit. Yet it was Jerrie Cobb, twenty-five years Jackie's junior and a record-holding pilot in her own right, who finagled her way into taking the same medical tests as the Mercury astronauts. While the American and international media spun the shocking story of a "woman astronaut" program, Jackie and Jerrie each hoping to turn the rumored program into their own ideal reality. Teitel uses their stories as guides through the shifting social, political, and technical landscape of the time--Adapted from jacket

Two pilots and their historic battle for female spaceflight