'Even Though I am a Girl...': John Glenn's Fan Mail and Sexism in the Early Space Program

Monday, December 19, 2016 - 08:01 in Astronomy & Space

News of the death of John Glenn – "the last genuine American hero" – ricocheted across the internet on Dec. 8, 2016, in less time than it had taken the famed astronaut to complete his first Earth orbit.

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