Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream

The story of 13 true pioneers of the space age--the "Mercury 13" women who, nearly twenty years before the first women were allowed into NASA's aerospace program, were brave enough to face prejudice and jealousy to challenge the government and in the end, their inspiring example empowered young women to take their rightful place in the sky, piloting jets and commanding space capsules.