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Rise of the Rocket Girls

the Women Who Propelled Us, From Missiles to the Moon to Mars
Oct 25, 2016WendyLC rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I totally agree with the other commenter who mentioned the silliness about looks. The writing is very basic, 8th grade level, and while the science is explained as clearly as I've ever seen it explained, all the Young Miss writing about babies and beauty pageants turned my stomach. Women have had it hard. Part of why, over my lifetime, is being seen as nothing but objects of others' gazes. We are supposed to look like something, not actually be something, know something, or do something. The author here is part of that problem, not part of its solution.