Kathy Sullivan wanted to go everywhere. She loved blueprints and maps.
She loved languages and the ocean. She didn't like the question, "What
do you want to be when you grow up?" She wanted to explore and do
exciting things that girls weren't supposed to be able to do. Only men
had the exciting jobs.
Kathy liked fishing and swimming; flying planes and studying science.
That's what she liked and that's what she decided to do with her life.
She followed her heart and eventually became a NASA astronaut and the
first woman to walk in space. Kathy wanted to see the whole world and so
she did: from space!
Backmatter includes further information about Dr. Sullivan and her
career, as well as other famous firsts made by women astronauts.