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Sally RideLoading...
By Kyan Gonzalez
Table Of Context
Page 3
Introduction
Page 4
Childhood
Page 5
Challenges
page 6
What she did after space
Page 7
Facts about Sally Ride
Page 8
Conclusion
Introduction
Hello, today you will read and learn about Sally Ride. You must be wondering who is Sally Ride ? She was the very first American women to go to space. You will learn the challenges she had to face, what her childhood was like, and what she did after going to space.
This is Sally Ride taking a picture after going to space.
ChildHood
Sally Ride was born May 26, 1951. She was born in Encino, Los Angeles, CA. Her and her siblings were encouraged to follow their interests. As a child she was an avid tennis player and had dreams of becoming a professional player. At age 10 she won a scholarship to Westlake school for girls In Los Angeles. She was ranked in the top 20 nationally in the juniors tennis teams. (Credits to National women's History Museum)
This is Sally Ride's dad holding her as a baby.
Challenges
One problem that Sally Ride had to face was policies that declined women from working important jobs. People thought that women can't handle the job of a man. She out of the 8,000 applicants, she and five other women and 29 men were picked. She was able to change the face of the American Space Program.
This is Sally Ride on a quarter. The quarter was out for a limited time.
What she did after space
After going to space she left NASA. She joined the Stanford university center for international security and arms control after she left NASA. She then became a professor of physics at the University of California in San Diego. After becoming a professor of physics she became an author and wrote many books such as The third planet, To space and back, and Mission:Planet Earth, are only a few to name.
This was Sally Ride when she was around 55 years old taking a picture.
