Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space

Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space by Lynn Sherr

I did not like the voice of the narrator of this audiobook. Not sure what was the issue, but it is hard to get involved with the book. Sally Ride was shy. She became the first female astronaut. She encouraged girls to get involved in science. She was involved in studying the earth, and had some university positions teaching physics. She had a traditional marriage with a male astronaut that lasted a few years, but then lived most of her life in a private lesbian relationship. She "came out" only in her obituary after she died from cancer. The biography felt fairly distant. She didn't leave many personal records, and was fairly tight-lipped in interviews, so much of what we have on her is through others.