![]() ![]() The story is intriguing, and certainly not one I'd ever heard before. Johnson about the program with "Let's stop this now!" scrawled across the bottom. She also includes newspaper and magazine articles, editorial cartoons, and even a letter to Lyndon B. Despite performing with outstanding test results, the women were not allowed to become astronauts because they were not jet test pilots - and they were not jet test pilots because women were not allowed to be jet test pilots.Īuthor Tanya Lee Stone lays out the story of these women in an organized but dramatic way, with plenty of photographs illustrating the steps of the process. ![]() ![]() 2010 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Honor BookĪlmost Astronauts tells the story of the "Mercury 13," thirteen women who hoped to become astronauts back in 1961. ![]()
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