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Rocket Girl: The Story Of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's First Female Rocket Scientist (2013)

by George D. Morgan(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1616147393 (ISBN13: 9781616147396)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Prometheus Books

review 1: I thought the story was compelling and I was happy that I had read it but the writing was wanting. Perhaps it came from rewriting a play into fictional biography (I say fictional because the conversations were from the imagination of the author (her son) although the story is based on the facts that he researched thoroughly.) She was an amazing woman but still, many questions went unanswered because she didn't want them answered.
review 2: Think of this as two memoirs in one. Part of it is about the author's struggle to understand his mother and find information about her, the other part is about the woman herself. Focusing on her, it is amazing the things she faced and overcame. She was not the kind of woman to stand up and yell about equal treatment, but in... morestead came to the table with her credentials and her work ethic and showed what she was capable of. We like to teach young girls about Rosie the Riveter, but Mary was more than just a shop worker. She trained herself in the maths and sciences which today we still tend to lament too few girls take an interest in. Well, here's a new hero to teach our girls about. less

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