If we had a dollar for every time the world underestimated women, we’d be the wealthiest person in the world. Yes, richer than Jeff Bezos. Throughout history, females have been consistently denied the same opportunities as males for nonsensical reasons. For all its forward thinking and focus on investigation, NASA did not allow women into their astronaut training programs until 1978, and they still represent a minority today. However, they have proven multiple times that they can perform the same tasks men do. Here, we will tell you about the many ladies who made history by going beyond the ultimate frontier: space.
Inclusion took its time
Neil Armstrong et al. made history by being the first humans to walk on the moon in 1969, but women didn’t get the chance to do the same until well into the 1970s. Why? Well, it wasn’t because they were unfit to do the job.
It was not until 1978 that NASA admitted the first female astronaut candidates. They were Anna L. Fisher, Shannon Lucid, Judith A. Resnik, Sally K. Ride, Margaret Rhea Seddon, and Kathryn D. Sullivan. Curiously, actor Nichelle Nichols from Star Trek fame was instrumental in this process.
