TY  - SOUND
AU  - Stone,Tanya Lee
AU  - Ericksen,Susan
ED  - Brilliance Audio (Firm)
TI  - Almost astronauts: 13 women who dared to dream 
T2  - Candlewick on Brilliance Audio
SN  - 1441890548
PY  - 2010///], p2009
CY  - Grand Haven, MI
PB  - Brilliance Audio
KW  - Project Mercury (U.S.)
KW  - History
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Sex discrimination against women
KW  - United States
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Women astronauts
KW  - Biography
KW  - Audiobooks
N1  - "Includes Bonus Disc: Contains Author Interview, Poetry Read by the Author, Pictures from the Book, and Study Guide"--Container; "The True Story of the "Mercury 13" Women"--Container; Compact discs; Title from container; Performed by Susan Ericksen; 9 years and up
N2  - What 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
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