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Almost Heaven tells the stories of the remarkable women who have bravely met two challenges: the risk of space travel and the struggle to succeed in a man's world. Bettyann Holtzmann Kevles brings the women of space to life in this fascinating book, describing what motivates them, the pioneers who paved the way for them, and how their presence in the astronaut corps changed NASA.

Setting her story against the background of the Cold War and the women's movement of the s and s, Kevles takes us from Cape Canaveral to Star City in Russia and back. She describes the years of rejection before women were allowed to train as astronauts in the U. Kevles talks to the first women chosen by NASA to be astronauts in and to many women who have followed them.

These women, she shows, have not only broken down barriers to join the most exclusive men's club in the world--the space program--they have become players in the greatest adventure of our time, the human exploration of space. This paperback edition includes Kevles's thoughts on the Discovery mission and other recent developments in the space program as well as her reflections on the role of female astronauts today, and perhaps tomorrow.

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Member faculty history Westridge School, Pasadena, California, — Columnist, book reviewer Los Angeles Times, — Member staff University California Press, Berkeley, — Charles A. Senior lecturer history Yale University, New Haven, since Speaker in field. Bettyann Holtzmann Kevles has been listed as a notable writer, historian, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Swimming, walking, travel, art. Married Daniel Jerome Kevles, May 18, Children: Beth Carolyn, Jonathan David.