Making space for women : stories from trailblazing women of NASA's Johnson Space Center / edited by Jennifer M. Ross-Nazzal.
2022
Q 141 .M242 2022 (Mapit)
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Title
Making space for women : stories from trailblazing women of NASA's Johnson Space Center / edited by Jennifer M. Ross-Nazzal.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781623499938 hardcover
1623499933 hardcover
9781623499945 electronic book
1623499933 hardcover
9781623499945 electronic book
Published
College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2022]
Language
English
Description
xi, 442 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Item Number
40030943330
Call Number
Q 141 .M242 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification
629.4092/520973
Summary
"Making Space for Women offers a unique view of the history of human spaceflight while also providing a broader understanding of changes in American culture, society, industry, and life for women in the space program. The women featured in this book demonstrate that there are no boundaries or limits to a career at NASA for those who choose to seize the opportunity"-- Provided by publisher.
From the creation of the Manned Spacecraft Center to the launching of the International Space Station and beyond, Making Space for Women explores how careers for women at Johnson Space Center have changed over the past fifty years as the workforce became more diverse and fields once closed to women - the astronaut corps and flight control - began to open. Jennifer M. Ross-Nazzal has selected twenty-one interviews conducted for the NASA Oral History Projects, including those with astronauts, mathematicians, engineers, secretaries, scientists, trainers, managers, and more. The women featured not only discuss leadership, teamwork, and the experiences of being "the first," but reveal how the role of the working woman in a predominantly white, male, technical agency has evolved. The narratives highlight the societal and cultural changes these women witnessed and the lessons they learned as they pursued different career paths. Among those included are Joan E. Higginbotham, mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery; Natalie V. Saiz, first female director of the Human Resource Office; Kathryn Sullivan, the first American woman to walk in space; Estella Hernández Gillette, the deputy director of the center’s External Relations Office; and Carolyn Huntoon, the first woman director of the Johnson Space Center. -- Publisher's description.
From the creation of the Manned Spacecraft Center to the launching of the International Space Station and beyond, Making Space for Women explores how careers for women at Johnson Space Center have changed over the past fifty years as the workforce became more diverse and fields once closed to women - the astronaut corps and flight control - began to open. Jennifer M. Ross-Nazzal has selected twenty-one interviews conducted for the NASA Oral History Projects, including those with astronauts, mathematicians, engineers, secretaries, scientists, trainers, managers, and more. The women featured not only discuss leadership, teamwork, and the experiences of being "the first," but reveal how the role of the working woman in a predominantly white, male, technical agency has evolved. The narratives highlight the societal and cultural changes these women witnessed and the lessons they learned as they pursued different career paths. Among those included are Joan E. Higginbotham, mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery; Natalie V. Saiz, first female director of the Human Resource Office; Kathryn Sullivan, the first American woman to walk in space; Estella Hernández Gillette, the deputy director of the center’s External Relations Office; and Carolyn Huntoon, the first woman director of the Johnson Space Center. -- Publisher's description.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-427) and index.
Added Author
Ross-Nazzal, Jennifer M., editor.
Series
Pioneering women, leaders and trailblazers.
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Table of Contents
Foreword / by Barbara Morgan
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Secretaries and Administrative Support. Estella Hernández Gillette ; Jamye Flowers Coplin
Mathematicians and Engineers. Dorothy B. "Dottie" Lee ; Ivy F. Hooks
Flight Controllers. Ginger Kerrick ; Sarah L. Murray
Technicians. S. Jean Alexander ; Sharon Caples McDougle
Nurses and Scientists. Dolores B. "Dee" O'Hara ; Vickie L. Kloeris
Astronauts. Kathryn D. Sullivan ; Joan E. Higginbotham ; Eileen M. Collins ; Pamela A. Melroy
Trainers. Anne L. Accola ; Lisa M. Reed
Senior Management. Debra L. Johnson ; Natalie V. Saiz ; Peggy A. Whitson ; Ellen Ochoa
Center Management. Carolyn L. Huntoon
Afterword / by Ellen Ochoa.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Secretaries and Administrative Support. Estella Hernández Gillette ; Jamye Flowers Coplin
Mathematicians and Engineers. Dorothy B. "Dottie" Lee ; Ivy F. Hooks
Flight Controllers. Ginger Kerrick ; Sarah L. Murray
Technicians. S. Jean Alexander ; Sharon Caples McDougle
Nurses and Scientists. Dolores B. "Dee" O'Hara ; Vickie L. Kloeris
Astronauts. Kathryn D. Sullivan ; Joan E. Higginbotham ; Eileen M. Collins ; Pamela A. Melroy
Trainers. Anne L. Accola ; Lisa M. Reed
Senior Management. Debra L. Johnson ; Natalie V. Saiz ; Peggy A. Whitson ; Ellen Ochoa
Center Management. Carolyn L. Huntoon
Afterword / by Ellen Ochoa.