Sally Ride
An astrophysicist, who in 1,983, became the youngest American in space on the Challenger space shuttle at thirty-two years of age; as well as the first U.S. woman to go to space. After she died in 2,012, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Barrack Obama.
Sally Ride was the first woman in the U.S. to go to space, which makes her an important figure to the gender equality movement.
Sally Ride by Vanguard 1998 February 24, 2021
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