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Great gift for a space-loving girl

Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2018

This is a great gift for my 10-year-old niece. She has a sudden interest in spaceflight and astronauts. I was glad I'd recently discovered the Mercury 13, the group of women who trained alongside the Mercury astronauts, even though they'd never be considered as astronauts, because they were women. The program was funded privately by an early female aviator -- Jacqueline Cochrane -- and ran alongside the NASA program, with the goal of finding out if women could withstand the rigorous training as well as men could. And they did! This book is a highly readable and extensively illustrated account of that program.

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Three Stars

Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2014

Interesting.could have used more pictures but overall very informative

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Deborah A. Semon-scott

NASA Women

Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2022

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Perfect gift for the granddaughter who desires to become a NASA engineer

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Yahima Rodriguez

good

Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2019

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my son's school project

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Great book

Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2019

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Great book, story, well made, school requirement

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N. B. Kennedy

Great gift for a space-loving girl

Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2018

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Joi Williams

Durable paperback with sharp images. Great story to inspire girls and women!!

Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2018

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My daughter chose to read this from her summer reading list for school. The book is well made and durable for a paperback. It is still in great shape despite her tendency to throw things on the floor or shove then in a book bag.

The story is inspiring and full of historical references. Good read for girls and women!

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Sassy

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2016

excellent

Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2016

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it was a big femisnism thing but really streched out and really boring

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LSB

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2016

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Bought for a gift--they loved it.

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Akiko

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2015

good

Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2015

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Great book about forgotten heroes! I read it and then gave it to my 83 year old mother in law. Even though she lived during that era she'd had no idea that women had been qualified for the space program by NASA.

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