Amelia Earhart's daughters : the wild and glorious story of American women aviators from World War I...
Amelia Earhart's daughters : the wild and glorious story of American women aviators from World War I...
Amelia Earhart's daughters : the wild and glorious story of American women aviators from World War II to the dawn of the space age / Leslie Haynsworth and David Toomey.
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New York : William Morrow, c1998.
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N629.13092/13
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English
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xiv, 322 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Publisher
New York : William Morrow, c1998.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1998.
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Summary
In 1961, Dr. Randolph Lovelace, a member of NASA's Life Sciences Committee, invited thirteen women to participate in what he termed a "Women in Space" program. The women were given cause to hope that NASA would allow at least one of them to fly as an astronaut. The matter went as far as Congress, where it was debated in two days of dramatic hearing...
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Amelia Earhart's daughters : the wild and glorious story of American women aviators from World War II to the dawn of the space age / Leslie Haynsworth and David Toomey.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-311) and index.
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c1998.
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N629.13092/13
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74VM0z0P8NjA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM0z0P8NjA
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ISBN
0688152333 (alk. paper)
9780688152338 (alk. paper)
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629.13092273
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991001733729702626
