Right Stuff, Wrong Sex: America's First Women in Space Program. By Margaret A. Weitekamp. Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. Photographs. Notes. Index. Bibliography. Pp. 232. $25.00 Paperback ISBN 0-8018-8394-6.

In the early days of America's human spaceflight program, space was viewed as a male domain--one in which there was no meaningful role for women. This book tells the story of a number of individuals who didn't fully embrace that common view. For different reasons, these people came together to explore the possibility of an active role for women in the space program. They then saw the effort wither under the combined pressures of societal ...

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