Then Will The Great Ocean Wash Deep Above (Apollo Quartet) by Ian Sales

argument that women belonged in the home—even though her own career was an exception to that rule—and opined that it was the job of men to lead the way and for the women to follow on and “pick up the slack”.
    Although scheduled for three days, the congressional hearing closed after two. Cobb and Hart had lost, and the Mercury 13 went their separate ways. Many had lost, or resigned from, their jobs to take part in the programme. Not all managed to pick up the pieces of their lives, but some did continue over the years to keep the dreams of the Mercury 13 alive. Cobb herself left the US to become a supply pilot for a missionary organisation in South America.
    It was not until fifteen years later, on 16 January 1978, that the first women were selected by NASA as astronauts, and a further five years when, on 18 June 1983, the first American woman, Dr Sally Ride, went into space. A woman would not command a flight into space until 23 July 1999: Eileen M Collins, on STS-93.
     
    Picture credits: cover of Look magazine, 2 February 1960, featuring Betty Skelton; Jerrie Cobb undergoing medical testing at the Lovelace Clinic (Life magazine collection); cover of September 1961 issue of McCall’s magazine; Valentina Tereshkova (NASA); Jerrie Cobb and Janey Hart testifying before the congressional subcommittee (Life magazine collection).

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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