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RIP, Sally Ride

Posted By Jill Miller Zimon On July 24, 2012 @ 8:03 am In RIP,Science,Women | Comments Disabled

On a day when the debate about math and gender popped up again, ironic that we learn of Sally Ride’s death. She was only 61. Thoughtful pieces:

Sally Ride, First American Woman in Space, Dies at 61 [1] by my friend and BlogHer colleague, Prof. Kim Pearson

Sally Ride Science [2] – this site was hard to get to yesterday after her death was announced – I hope the traffic continues

Remembering Sally Ride [3] from the White House with videos

Pioneering NASA Astronaut Sally Ride Dies At Age 61 [4] from TechCrunch

RIP Sally Ride [5] by another woman in the space industry

Sadly, there’s also some incredibly nasty, obnoxious stuff being put out there – pure linkbait – so I won’t link to it, but sheesh, give it a rest, people.

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URLs in this post:

[1] Sally Ride, First American Woman in Space, Dies at 61: http://www.writeslikeshetalks.comSally Ride, First American Woman in Space, Dies at 61

[2] Sally Ride Science: https://www.sallyridescience.com/

[3] Remembering Sally Ride: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/07/23/remembering-sally-ride-president-obama-salutes-american-hero

[4] Pioneering NASA Astronaut Sally Ride Dies At Age 61: http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/23/pioneering-nasa-astronaut-sally-ride-dies-at-age-61/

[5] RIP Sally Ride: http://thanks-katrina.blogspot.com/2012/07/rip-sally-ride.html