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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Description
What does it take to be an astronaut? Excellence at flying, courage, intelligence, resistance to stress, top physical shape, any checklist would include these. But when America created NASA in 1958, there was another unspoken rule: you had to be a man. 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. They were blocked by prejudice, jealousy, and the...
Author
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1945, four African American female privates who were members of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) participated in a strike at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, and opted to take a court martial rather than accept discriminatory work assignments. As the army prepared for the court-martial and civil rights activists investigated the circumstances, competing commentaries in African American and mainstream newspapers ignited a passionate public response across...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In World War I, telephones linked commanding generals with soldiers in muddy trenches. A woman in uniform connected almost every one of their calls, speeding the orders that won the war. Like other soldiers, the "Hello Girls" swore the Army oath and stayed for the duration. A few were graduates of elite colleges. Most were ordinary, enterprising young women motivated by patriotism and adventure, eager to test their mettle and save the world. The...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1999, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted to discriminating against women on its faculty, forcing institutions across the country to confront a problem they had long ignored: the need for more women at the top levels of science. Written by the journalist who broke the story for The Boston Globe, The Exceptions is the untold story of how sixteen highly accomplished women on the MIT faculty came together to do the work that triggered...
Author
Publisher
One Signal Publishers, Atria
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
This first oral history of the decade (1963-1973) that built the modern feminist movement through the individual voices of the people who lived it captures emotions of this personal, cultural and political revolution where women insisted on being treated as first-class citizens, forever changing the fabric of American life.
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