In our last episode for the series we look at the life of Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, and the youngest American ever to go into space!

The transcript for this episode is available at https://queerstempodcast.wixsite.com/website/sally-ride

For more information about Sally Ride check out these links:

National Women's History Museum entry on Sally Ride - https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/sally-ride

Sally Ride's obituary - http://www.legacy.com/ns/sally-ride-obituary/158720182

The American Prospect article 'Astronaut Sally Ride and the Burden of Being The First' - https://prospect.org/culture/books/astronaut-sally-ride-burden-first/

Slate article 'Sally Ride's Secret: Why the First American Woman in' - https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/05/sally-ride-lesbian-why-did-the-first-american-woman-in-space-stay-in-the-closet.html

New York Times article about writing Sally's obituary 'A Deadline Call on Posthumous Privacy' - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/insider/sally-ride-obituary-posthumous-privacy.html

"Lesbian Space Crime" Article - https://www.space.com/nasa-astronaut-anne-mcclain-space-crime-claim.html

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