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Sally Ride: A Photobiography of Americas Pioneering Woman in Space: A Photobiography of Americas Pioneering Woman in Space
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Selected for the 2016 National Science Teachers Associations Outstanding Science Trade Books ListYears before millions of Americans tuned in to watch her historic space flight aboard the Challenger in 1983, Sally Ride stayed up late to watch Neil Armstrong become the first person to walk on the moon. The next morning, she woke up to win her first round singles match at a national junior tennis tournament.Sally Ride: A Photobiography of Americas Pioneering Woman Astronaut, is an intimate journey from her formative years to her final moments. Before she was an astronaut, Sally was a competitive tennis player who excelled at the game to such an extent that Billie Jean King told her she could play on the pro circuit. Before she earned a Ph.D. in physics, she was called an underachiever by her high school classmates. After her first historic space flightshe took a second in 1984Sally continued to break ground as an inspirational advocate for space exploration, public policy, and science education, who fought gender stereotypes and opened doors for girls and women in all fields during the second half of the twentieth century.This vivid photobiography, written by Sallys life, writing, and business partner, Tam OShaughnessy, offers an intimate and revealing glimpse into the life and mind of the famously private, bookloving, tennisplaying physicist who made history.
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