Blast Off!: How Mary Sherman Morgan Fueled America into Space by Suzanne Slade divine hours What Matters

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Blast Off!: How Mary Sherman Morgan Fueled America into Space by Suzanne Slade divine hours What MattersA New York Public Library Best Book for Kids The inspirational story of Mary Sherman, the world's first female rocket scientist, who overcame gender barriers and many failures to succeed. Growing up in the 1920s on a dirt poor farm in North Dakota, Mary Sherman's life was filled with chores until she finally began school and discovered she loved to learn. Mary excelled at science, especially chemistry, and leaped at the chance to work in a laboratory