Aerospace careers await girls, and an exhibit at the Western Museum of Flight in Torrance shows what’s possible.
It could be the best Christmas present or Hanukkah gift any of us can give our kids or grandkids this holiday season. A dream for the future.
Macha, executive director of the museum, is banking on the next generation of girls to follow in their footsteps. This exhibit gives them every chance to try. When the docents at the museum decided to honor the memory of one of their own, Mary Falstrom, they looked at all the exhibits and testimonials in the museum, and it dawned on them that only the exploits of men in aerospace were represented.
After she graduated, Capt. Rachel Williams, who grew up near Kennedy Space Center and would watch shuttle rocket launches from her driveway, talked about her dream as a little girl coming true, and then she asked the question of the day.Why only five? Why not 25? There are no outside issues holding women back, no sex discrimination or roadblocks to advancement that she found, Capt. Williams said. There was only the chance to prove you have the right stuff.
When the Cold War ended, that economic engine began to sputter. More than 20% of aerospace workers lost their jobs. Dads who were reading the sports page every morning before work were now reading the want ads.
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