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LITTLE ROCK
(15 min / no slides) 11/95
PLEASURE TO BE HERE TO HELP YOU HONOR THESE 4 WOMEN.
I'VE BEEN ASKED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE ↑ EMERGENCE OF
WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP ROLES … THOUGHT I'D DESCRIBE HOW
THE LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED @ NASA & W/IN SPACE PGM,
-1977: GRAD STUDENT IN PHYSICS
NASA: SHUTTLE IN DEV., CONSCIOUS DECISION; [AD]
-1978 6 OF 35 => [DBR PARTICULARLY PLEASED]
• REPORTED TO HOUSTON - ENVIRONMENT
JSC - 4K EMPLOYEES — 1 ENG — 1 MM/SCIENTIST
→ CLH => SELECTION COMMITTEE
("EXPERT") → ASTRO GYM / LOCKER ROOM
=> GIFTS: PINS, DECALS, [[underline]] CUFF [[/underline]] LINKS
JSC NOT UNUSUAL (NASA, most sci agencies)
- JSC CHANGED QUICKLY (=> ASTRO TNG →TECH ASS'NTS)
BY TIME OF 1ST SHUTTLE, USED TO WOMEN (ENG & IN MTG)
- 1ST FLT 1981 => 1ST 4 [[double underline]] FLTS [[/double underline]]
- I WAS NAMED TO CREW OF STS-7 
— 1ST FLT IN OUR GP
I WAS 1ST WOMEN, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY SINCE (ALL 6; OVER 30)
• NASA IS DIFFERENT — CHIEF SCI HEAD OF AERO => CLH!!
(CHANGE VISIBLE IN ALL OF GOV'T)
ASTROS > 20% … NOW COMMON TO HAVE WOMAN ON FLT … NOT
TRUE FOR MINE … READING NEWSPAPERS, WOULD HAVE THOUGHT I WAS 
ONLY 1 ON FLT .. [LITTLE BOY STORY]