Moving On ...

[Tuesday Afternoon]

[Deep13]

1. And a senator. nt

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2. Three and half years younger than Hillary...

...Sally Ride changed things a bit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Ride

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3. Ride never wrote a letter to NASA ...

Ride was one of 8,000 people who answered an advertisement in the Stanford student newspaper seeking applicants for the space program.[6] She was chosen to join NASA in 1978.[7] During her career, Ride served as the ground-based capsule communicator (CapCom) for the second and third space shuttle flights (STS-2 and STS-3) and helped develop the space shuttle's robot arm.[7]

Prior to her first space flight, she was subject to media attention due to her gender. During a press conference, she was asked questions like, "Will the flight affect your reproductive organs?" and "Do you weep when things go wrong on the job?" Despite this and the historical significance of the mission, Ride insisted that she saw herself in only one way—as an astronaut.[7] On June 18, 1983, she became the first American woman in space as a crew member on space shuttle Challenger for STS-7. She was preceded by two Soviet women, Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982. The five-person crew of the STS-7 mission deployed two communications satellites and conducted pharmaceutical experiments. Ride was the first woman to use the robot arm in space and the first to use the arm to retrieve a satellite.[5]

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4. An impressive career

Ally Ride served on the board of trustees of the California Institute of Technology as well as the boards of Veridian and the Mitre Corp.

Hillary was no slouch either: In 1969, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, with departmental honors in political science. Following pressure from some fellow students, she became the first student in Wellesley College history to deliver its commencement address. Her speech received a standing ovation lasting seven minutes.

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5. Indeed. Both are stellar in their respective fields.

One is a star in her field and one is a star amongst a field of stars

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8. You're spreading positivity

[seabeyond]

10. ha. and isnt it grand. cute. nt

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13. I always try to find examples of accomplished women to pass along...

...to my daughters. They're the best.

[seabeyond]

14. pass along to all of us also. yes. i recognize that with you..... value of positive.

seeing them as the best, also makes you ..... the best.

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19. :)

[theHandpuppet]

6. This is great!

I printed out a small poster-size version which will go in my front window tomorrow. Many of the kids headed to the middle and high schools pass by my house along their way. I always make sure to have a few good signs for them to read.

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7. That's a great thing to do!

[seabeyond]

11. how excellent is that. good for you. nt

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16. What a wonderful thing to do. I am glad I can help. Thank you theHandpuppet!

Spread the word

[F4lconF16]

9. I am always more impressed

with the achievements that incredible women make in their respective fields than I am with men's. While both genders do amazing things, the fact that a woman usually has to work through systematic and often very subtle discrimination at every level to do that amazing thing makes their achievements that much more impressive in my opinion.

In regards to Clinton, while I disagree with some of her politics, I am very glad she has made it so far and has shown the world that women will not be held back by any traditionally male dominated areas. I know she's inspired at least a few girls I know, and should I ever have daughters I plan to teach them about Clinton and Valentina Tereshkova and Sally Ride and many more. It's incredible what changes a strong female role model can bring about in a young girl's attitude towards her future. Though I'm not a woman, I was (and am) lucky enough to have my mom (an electrical engineer, a field definitely male dominated) to teach me all of this, and I hope to pass her strength on to whatever girls I get the chance to mentor.

[seabeyond]

12. perfect post, i love it and totally agree. even as a woman, i read about womens

accomplishment, especially in earlier years and am in total amazement with some of the things they fought for and thru and what they accomplished against odds. how that had to effect their lives making it so challenging, hard, yet persevered.

i cannot say enough the influence a father has on a girls self worth, her self respect. it can make all the difference in the world. effecting her choices for a lifetime.

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18. Welcome to DU, F4lconF16

good to have you aboard

[ismnotwasm]

15. Sure is

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17. Yes, indeed.