Status Updates From Sally Ride: America's First...

icant believe im almost done w this book im gonna miss it 😢😢

"As columnist Ellen Goodman wrote, Sally was not just an astronaut, she was a First Woman, a status that carried “a load of other women’s frustrations and hopes. . . . First Women bear a special responsibility to those who didn’t come before them and those who may—or may not—come later. . . . Being a full-fledged First Woman means taking every step for womankind.”

in tears reading this rn

"which said that the marriage “had been consummated in my parents’ backyard. I presume they meant consecrated.”

LMFAOO I'm giggling

ipod mention

cosmonauts sounds so much cooler than astronaut I'm jealous 😢

seeing that Sally grew up in the same areas as I did is so cool

I 🤍 San Diego