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Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier
Jim Ottaviani
Illustrator: Maris Wicks
Ages: 12+
Published: 2020
Publisher: First Second/Roaring Book/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-1-62672-877-6
Keywords: Space travel, Feminism, Women's Rights, Space Race, Valentina Tereshkova, Mary Cleave, Sally Ride,
Mary Cleave, astronaut and NASA executive, describes women breaking the space program gender barrier in the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.. Action-filled comic panels. Substantial back matter.