Nolen, Stephanie. <br/><br/>
Promised the moon :  the untold story of the first women in the space race / 
Stephanie Nolen. 
 - New York :  Four Walls Eight Windows,  [2003] 
 - xii, 356 p., [8] p. of plates :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: Toronto, ON : Penguin Canada, 2002. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 332-342) and index. 
<br/><br/> Publisher's Weekly 
<br/><br/> Contains the first-hand stories of eleven women chosen by NASA to be the first women in space in 1959 and 1960 and explains why they were grounded in 1961 when the program was abruptly and mysteriously cancelled. 
<br/><br/> Adult 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1568582757 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003052770 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration --History.<br/>United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration --History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women astronauts--United States.<br/>Women in astronautics--Political aspects.<br/>Feminism.<br/>Space race.<br/>Sex discrimination against women.<br/>Women astronauts.<br/>Women in astronautics--Political aspects.<br/>Feminism.<br/>Astronautics.<br/>Sex discrimination.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TL789.85.A1  / N65 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>629.45/0082/0973