It makes this extraordinarily talented and bold woman, an inspiration to millions, come alive. Sherr’s revealing portrait is warm and admiring but unsparing. Available in used condition with free US shipping on orders over 10. A member of the first astronaut class to include women, she broke through a quarter-century of white male fighter jocks when NASA chose her for the seventh shuttle mission, cracking the celestial ceiling and inspiring several generations of women. This is a rich biography of a fascinating woman whose life intersected with revolutionary social and scientific changes in America. Buy Sally Ride: Americas First Woman in Space By Lynn Sherr. Sally Ride made history as the first American woman in space. She has since expanded both her strokes and her waterways.

Sherr draws from Ride’s diaries, files, and letters. Broadcast journalist and writer Lynn Sherr has been swimming since she was a toddler, learning first by watching frogs in a Pennsylvania lake. Sherr also writes about Ride’s scrupulously guarded personal life-she kept her sexual orientation private-with exclusive access to Ride’s partner, her former husband, her family, and countless friends and colleagues. She cofounded a company promoting science and education for children, especially girls. For more than thirty years, she was an award-winning correspondent for ABC News. In both instances she faulted NASA’s rush to meet mission deadlines and its organizational failures. Broadcast journalist and writer Lynn Sherr has been swimming since she was a toddler, learning first by watching frogs in a Pennsylvania lake. A member of the first astronaut class to include women, she broke through a quarter-century of white male fighter jocks when NASA chose her for the seventh shuttle mission, cracking the celestial ceiling and inspiring several generations of women.Īfter a second flight, Ride served on the panels investigating the Challenger explosion and the Columbia disintegration that killed all aboard. Sally Ride made history as the first American woman in space. The definitive biography of Sally Ride, America’s first woman in space, with exclusive insights from Ride’s family and partner, by the ABC reporter who covered NASA during its transformation from a test-pilot boys’ club to a more inclusive elite.

Sally Ride by Lynn Sherr