TY - BOOK AU - Holt,Nathalia TI - Rise of the rocket girls: the women who propelled us, from missiles to the Moon to Mars SN - 9780316338929 AV - TL862.J48 H65 2016 U1 - 629.4072/079493 23 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - Little, Brown and Company KW - Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) KW - History KW - Women mathematicians KW - United States KW - Biography KW - 20th century KW - Rocketry KW - Astronautics N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-323) and index; January 1958 : Launch day -- 1940s. Up, up, and away ; Headed west -- 1950s. Rockets rising ; Miss Guided Missile ; Holding back ; Ninety days and ninety minutes ; Moonglow -- 1960s. Analog overlords ; Planetary pull ; The last queen of outer space -- 1970s-today. Men are from Mars ; Look like a girl ER -