Fighting for space : two pilots and their historic battle for female spaceflight
(2020)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
629.13/TEITEL,A
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2020
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
xxi, 426 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781538716045, 1538716046 :, 1538716046, 9781538716045
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"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"--