Sally Ride

  • Sally Ride: America’s First Woman in Space
    By Lynn Sherr

    Progress: Ruth Bates Harris, Samuel Lynn and Joseph M. Hogan to NASA administrator Fletcher, September 20, 1973; Jack Anderson, “White House Kept Lid on Nixon Home Costs,” Rome (NY) News-Tribune, November 6, 1973; Kim McQuaid, “Racism, ...

  • Sally Ride
    By Joanne Mattern

    Sally Ride: Astronaut profiles the life and career of the first U.S. woman in space. On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride made history as the first U.S. woman to take part in a space mission. Although Ride had always displayed a knack for science

  • Sally Ride: The Story of the First American Female in Space
    By Linda R. Wade

    A biography of Sally Ride, who in 1983 became the first American woman to travel in space.

  • Sally Ride: Life on a Mission
    By Sue Macy

    Details the lesser-known achievements of the first woman in space, from her national tennis rankings and work as a physicist to her Presidential Medal of Freedom award and her contributions as a founder of a company for girls interested in ...

  • Sally Ride: Life on a Mission
    By Sue Macy

    From Sally Ride’s youth to her many groundbreaking achievements in space and beyond, Sue Macy’s riveting biography tells the story of not only a pioneering astronaut, but a leader and explorer whose life, as President Barack Obama said, ...

  • Sally Ride
    By Rebecca Gomez

    A simple biography of Sally Ride, who in 1983 became the first American woman to travel in space.

  • Sally Ride: America’s First Woman in Space
    By Lynn Sherr

    Sally Ride made history as the first American woman in space.

  • Sally Ride: A Photobiography of America's Pioneering Woman in Space
    By Tam O'Shaughnessy

    This vivid photobiography, written by Sally's life, writing, and business partner, Tam O'Shaughnessy, offers an intimate and revealing glimpse into the life and mind of the famously private, book-loving, tennis-playing physicist who made ...

  • Sally Ride: The First American Woman in Space - Biography Book for Kids | Children's Biography Books
    By Baby Professor

    Get to know Sally Ride, the first American woman in space!

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

    Except for a mild caffeine addiction (at least four cups of coffee a day), Sally indicated that she drank only a few glasses of beer a week, only two glasses of wine a month. Her squeaky clean regime was confirmed several years earlier ...

  • Sally Ride: Shooting for the Stars Great Lives Series
    By Sue Hurwitz

    Sally Ride Shooting for the Stars Astronaut Dr. Sally Ride took a deep breath and nervously waited as the powerful engines of the Space Shuttle Challenger roared to life.

  • Sally Ride: America's First Woman Astronaut
    By Annie Laura Smith

    Sally Ride was America's first woman astronaut, and later, an important symbol for women everywhere as she championed causes to bring science and engineering to young children, especially young girls, as well as the mysteries of space.This ...