![]() ![]() ![]() astronaut Mary Cleave, whom the authors interviewed extensively. Tying all of these stories together is the narrative voice, that of former U.S. race to Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova%E2%80%99s milestone flight as the first female in space and, finally, to the recruitment and training of American women astronauts, including Sally Ride, in the 1970s. Lively cartoon panels depict multiple stories, from the Mercury 13 and Women in Space Program, which dead-ends amid the U.S. This latest offering examines the hurdles, triumphs, politics, and prejudices surrounding the first women astronauts. Following on the heels of the first all-female spacewalk in October 2019 comes a timely graphic novel from the pair behind Primates. ![]()
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