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Jun 17, 2014 linda wertheimer talks to journalist lynn sherr about her friendship with the late sally ride. Bestselling author lynn sherr uses investigative research and. Sherr then covered ride becoming the first american woman to fly in space six years later. Lynn sherr will be stephen colberts guest tonight oct. Americas first woman in space, lynn sherr writes about ride s scrupulously guarded personal life, with exclusive access to ride s partner, her former husband, her family, and countless friends and colleagues. Jan 19, 2018 in 2014, journalist lynn sherr released a book about sally ride called sally ride. Linda wertheimer talks to journalist lynn sherr about her friendship with the late sally ride. Ride and five other women had been selected in 1978 for nasa astronaut group 8, the first american selection class to include females. An awardwinning journalists revealing biography of sally ride 19512012, the first american woman in space.
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Americas first woman in space, which sherr will be discussing in dallas on wednesday. Americas first woman in space ebook written by lynn sherr. Americas first woman in space, was published in 2014. One giant leap ebook by leon wagener 9781466828568. Americas first woman in space is a book i never thought i would see on the shelves certainly a book that never would have been written by sally ride herself, or published during her lifetime.
Veteran abc news and 2020 reporter lynn sherr, author of sally ride. America s first woman in space by lynn sherr overview 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 testpilot boys club to a more inclusive elite. The astrophysicist served as a mission specialist on two challenger flights, helping to deploy satellites. Along with rides mother, sister and exhusband, astronaut steve hawley, oshaughnessy granted lynn sherr exclusive access to her story, as well as rides diaries, letters and files.
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