Integrating Women into the Astronaut Corps : Politics and Logistics at NASA, 1972-2004.
Foster, Amy E.
Integrating Women into the Astronaut Corps : Politics and Logistics at NASA, 1972-2004. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (228 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Beyond Rosie the Riveter -- 2 Wilma Deering Meets Captain Janeway -- 3 "The Damn Crazy Things! -- 4 Making Space -- 5 "The Strange Ones -- 6 Defying Gravity -- 7 "NASA Sutra -- 8 Uninvited Heroics -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Essay on Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Illustrations.
In documenting these events, Foster offers a broader understanding of the difficulties in sexually integrating any workplace, even when the organization approaches the situation with as positive an outlook and as strong a motivation as did NASA.
9781421403946
United States.-National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Officials and employees-History.
United States.-National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Rules and practice-History.
Sex discrimination against women-United States-History.
Women astronauts-United States-History.
Electronic books.
TL789.8.U5 F628 2011
629.450082/0973
Integrating Women into the Astronaut Corps : Politics and Logistics at NASA, 1972-2004. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (228 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Beyond Rosie the Riveter -- 2 Wilma Deering Meets Captain Janeway -- 3 "The Damn Crazy Things! -- 4 Making Space -- 5 "The Strange Ones -- 6 Defying Gravity -- 7 "NASA Sutra -- 8 Uninvited Heroics -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Essay on Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Illustrations.
In documenting these events, Foster offers a broader understanding of the difficulties in sexually integrating any workplace, even when the organization approaches the situation with as positive an outlook and as strong a motivation as did NASA.
9781421403946
United States.-National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Officials and employees-History.
United States.-National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Rules and practice-History.
Sex discrimination against women-United States-History.
Women astronauts-United States-History.
Electronic books.
TL789.8.U5 F628 2011
629.450082/0973