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Title:
Making space for women : stories from trailblazing women of NASA's Johnson Space Center / edited by Jennifer M. Ross-Nazzal.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Texas A&M University Press,
Copyright Date:
2022
Description:
xi, 442 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center--Officials and employees--Biography.
Women scientists--Houston--Houston--Biography.
Women in science--United States.
Other Authors:
Ross-Nazzal, Jennifer M., editor.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Foreword / by Barbara Morgan -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Secretaries and Administrative Support -- Estella Hernández Gillette -- Jamye Flowers Coplin -- Mathematicians and Engineers -- Dorothy B. "Dottie" Lee -- Ivy F. Hooks -- Flight Control -- Ginger Kerrick -- Sarah L. Murray -- Technicians -- S. Jean Alexander -- Sharon Caples McDougle -- Medicine and Science -- Dolores B. "Dee" O'Hara -- Vickie L. Kloeris -- Astronauts -- Kathryn D. Sullivan -- Joan E. Higginbotham -- Eileen M. Collins -- Pamela A. Melroy -- Training -- Anne L. Accola -- Lisa M. Reed -- Senior Management -- Debra L. Johnson -- Natalie V. Saiz -- Peggy A. Whitson -- Ellen Ochoa -- Center Management -- Carolyn L. Huntoon -- Afterword / by Ellen Ochoa.
Summary:
"Making Space for Women offers a unique view of the history of human spaceflight while also providing a broader understanding of changes in American culture, society, industry, and life for women in the space program. The women featured in this book demonstrate that there are no boundaries or limits to a career at NASA for those who choose to seize the opportunity"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Pioneering women : leaders and trailblazers
ISBN:
1623499933
9781623499938
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1248601367
LCCN:
2021017015
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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