Tanya Lee Stone is the author of close to ninety books for young readers, including Up Close: Ella Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Leads the Way. But even though the Mercury 13 women did not make it into space, they did not lose.
They were blocked by prejudice, jealousy, and the scrawled note of one of the most powerful men in Washington. She responded to questions from the audience following her remarks. Here is the tale of thirteen women who proved that they were not only as tough as the toughest man but also brave enough to challenge the government. Known as the “Mercury 13,” all the women passed their required tests but ultimately had their career advancement blocked due to what the author posits was gender prejudice. Almost Astronauts tells the story of the Mercury 13, thirteen women who hoped to become astronauts back in 1961. She recounts the thirteen women who trained to become astronauts in 1960, many years before the first woman would be accepted into the NASA program. Review of Almost Astronauts, by Tanya Lee Stone. Almost Astronauts is the story of thirteen true pioneers of the space age.T08:43:01-04:00 Tanya Lee Stone spoke to a class of students about her book Almost Astronauts: Thirteen Women Who Dared to Dream (Candlewick February 24, 2009), which is written for a young adult audience. But in the end, their inspiring example empowered young women to take their rightful place in the sky, piloting jets and commanding space capsules. Their passage to space was blocked by prejudice, jealousy, and a note scrawled by one of the most powerful men in Washington. Here is the tale of thirteen women who proved not only that they were as tough as any man but also that they were brave enough to challenge the government. But when America created NASA in 1958, there was an unspoken rule in place: astronauts must be male, and they must be white.
What are the requirements for being shot into space, piloting a hunk of metal while carrying the hopes and fears of your nation? Mastery of flying, as well as courage, intelligence, resistance to stress, and fitness-any checklist would certainly include these. Have you ever heard of the "Mercury 13" women? Did you know that nearly twenty years before the first women were let into NASA's astronaut program, there were others who tried?
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