“I wish that there had been another woman on my flight. I think it would have been a lot easier.” - Sally Ride in 1983, as told to Gloria Steinem.\r
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Thismarks the return of our special , The Experimenters. Were uncovering lost interviews with the icons of science, technology, and innovation - people who helped make the world we live in today. And some guest animators are bringing these conversations to life.\r
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One of those people is Sally Ride. These days, just about every space mission has women on it. Its just not a big deal. But in 1983, it was very much a big deal - thats the year Sally Ride became the first American woman in space.\r
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Back in 1963, Russia sent Valentina Tereshkova as the first woman to fly to outer space. But it took two more decades for the Americans to follow suit. \r
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At the time, journalist and icon of the feminist movement Gloria Steinem had an ABC interview , called ‘In Conversation with…” As part of that program she interviewed Sally Ride - and we found the tape in Smith Colleges archive dedicated to the life and work of Steinem - The Gloria Steinem Papers, part of the Sophia Smith Collection.\r
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Now at the time of this interview, as far as the public - and it turns out the press - were concerned, space was for clean-cut alpha males with names like Buzz. Then Sally Ride came along.\r
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More Experimenters coming soon: Frank Lloyd Wright, Temple Grandin, Carl Sagan, Dame Stephanie Shirley, Jane Goodall, Richard Feynman, and Buckminster Fuller\r
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