A Woman's Place Is In The Cockpit | Historic Bumper Sticker

Sally Ride was the first American woman to go into space. She followed the first woman in space, Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who launched decades before Ride in 1962. It took quite a while for the United States to even accept women into the astronaut program. During her flight training, Ride purchased a bumper sticker that declared, A WOMAN'S PLACE IS IN THE COCKPIT!, and stuck it prominently to the front of her desk.

Looking back on her career, Ride said:

I never went into physics or the astronaut corps to become a role model. But after my first flight, it became clear to me that I was one. And I began to understand the importance of that to people. Young girls need to see role models in whatever careers they may choose, just so they can picture themselves doing those jobs someday. You can't be what you can't see.

Displaying this historic slogan may still rile up some of the men who think women should be at the back of the plane. But you know you want to. Be that aviatrix so little girls know they can too.

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