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= The Mercury 13 =

** __ Who- __ ** The Mercury 13 consisted of the following 13 women:

__ ** What- ** __ The Mercury 13 were the first women to prove that they were just as qualified to go into space as men. __**When-**__ In 1960 the first woman of the Mercury 13 was asked if she would like to undergo some of the tests that the male astronauts did. That is when the Mercury 13 began. The last thing the Mercury 13 did was in May 2007 when the remaining eight members of the Mercury 13 were awarded honorary medals from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. __**Where-**__ The women had to go through all of the same tests that the men had to. These tests were done at a clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico. __ ** Why -** __ The Mercury 13 women became the Mercury 13 to take a stand and prove that women could go through the same things as men. They wanted to show that not just men could do the jobs they were doing, but women could do it too. They wanted to prove that anything men could do women could do too. [] [] []
 * ** Myrtle Cagle **
 * ** Jerri Cobb **
 * ** Jan Dietrich **
 * ** Marion Dietrich **
 * ** Wally Funk **
 * ** Sarah Gorelick **
 * ** Janey Hart **
 * ** Jean Hixon **
 * ** Rhea Hurrle **
 * ** Gene Nora Stumbough **
 * ** Irene Leverton **
 * ** Jerri Sloan **
 * ** Bernice Steadman **
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