
Jerrie Cobb, the first women to undertake the tests
| Credit to NASA
Impact - Mercury 13 - Women Space Testing Program, 1959
Organized by Randolph Lovelace M.D. and Jackie Cochran.
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"Highly confidential experiments were conducted by the Air Force on the physiological characteristics and suitability of women for space flight."
-"American Women and Flight Since 1940" by Deborah Douglas p. 149
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-Personal Interview with Astronaut Anna Fisher, MD 03/12/20
"The first step in the space age was taken when Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier."
"Chuck Yeager Breaks the Sound Barrier" by R. Conrad Stein p. 26
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The first step for women in the space age was taken when Cochran broke the sound barrier in 1953.
"The American female astronauts who have had the honor of going into space owe a huge debt to the Mercury 13. The paved the way and demonstrated that women did indeed have the 'right stuff' to fly in space."
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