Dating Ben Franklin: Investigating the Early Years of Historical Figures and Classic Authors

In high school, she was nationally ranked in tennis and was encouraged by Billie Jean King to turn professional, "but when a high school physiology teacher awakened Sally's love of the scientific method, she traded tennis for academics" (85). After earning bachelor's degrees in E...

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Published in:English journal 2015-01, Vol.104 (3), p.19
Main Author: Kane, Sharon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Aerospace Education
Age
Alcott, Louisa May (1832-1888)
American literature
Authors
Biographies
College students
English language
Fathers
Females
Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864)
Learning
Lee, Harper
Mothers
Scientific Methodology
Students
Teachers
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Summary:In high school, she was nationally ranked in tennis and was encouraged by Billie Jean King to turn professional, "but when a high school physiology teacher awakened Sally's love of the scientific method, she traded tennis for academics" (85). After earning bachelor's degrees in English and physics from Stanford University, she saw an ad in the student newspaper saying NASA was looking for astronaut candidates, and they needed scientists as well as pilots.
ISSN:0013-8274
2161-8895