tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post5895239247252961195..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Breakfast Links: Week of April 9, 2018Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-38156779951770620302018-04-15T07:12:05.262-04:002018-04-15T07:12:05.262-04:00I'm glad to see they mention Jacqueline Cochra...I'm glad to see they mention Jacqueline Cochran. She went part way through entrance trials for the astronaut program and then NASA dumped her out when she was doing better than John Glenn had.<br /><br />It would be twenty years before the U.S. had a female astronaut in space, twenty years after the first Russian female astronaut, Valentina Tereshkova.<br /><br />Forget trying to read the Cochran article in Wikipedia, aka Hisapedia. Someone us lived during those times and remember the truth, not male smearing of female accomplishments. I notice that article, which mentions John Glenn and Scott Carpenter testifying before Congress against admitting women into the astronaut program omits their "joke" that a woman "would exceed their allowance for recreational equipment."<br />KarenAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546288509130256898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-85069406289455825082018-04-14T21:30:29.035-04:002018-04-14T21:30:29.035-04:00The post about New York's Triangle Shirtwaist ...The post about New York's Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in 1911 was important and deserves to be read by social historians, even today. Especially today!Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com