Fighting for space, two pilots and their historic battle for female spaceflight, Amy Shira Teitel
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Fighting for space, two pilots and their historic battle for female spaceflight, Amy Shira Teitel
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-426)
resource.biographical
collective biography
Illustrations
platesillustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Fighting for space
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1137736919
Responsibility statement
Amy Shira Teitel
Sub title
two pilots and their historic battle for female spaceflight
Summary
"The mostly-unknown tale of Jackie Cochran and Jerrie Cobb--two accomplished aviatrixes, one generation apart, who each dreamed of being the first woman in space, but along the way battled their egos, their expectations, and ultimately the patriarchal society that stood between them and the stars"--, Provided by publisher
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- Biographies
- Cochran, Jacqueline
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
- SCIENCE / Space Science
- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology
- Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography
- Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Air pilots -- United States -- Biography
- Cobb, Jerrie
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers
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- Creator1
- Genre1
- Subject13
- Biographies
- Cochran, Jacqueline
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
- SCIENCE / Space Science
- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology
- Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography
- Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Air pilots -- United States -- Biography
- Cobb, Jerrie
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers
- Content1
- Author1
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