Ride, Sally ride!

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Ride, Sally ride!

• By Darius

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Date of birth and birth place.

• Sally Ride was born in Los Angeles, California on
  May 26, 1951.

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Her close family.

• Sally is the oldest of two children.
• The other child is her sister, Karen Ride.
• Sallys mothers name was Joyce Ride.
• Sallys fathers name was Dale Ride.

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Whats going on in Sallys early childhood

• In Sallys childhood, she was an athlete.
• Sally fell in love with tennis when she was in
  Europe on a trip.

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Education(schools,learning)

• Sally attended three different colleges.
• She attended the colleges of Swarthmore in
  Pennsylvania and Stanford University in
  California.

• When Sally was young she went to Westlake School
  for girls.
• As she got older she attended Portola Middle
  School.

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Adult Life

• Sally began to be an astronaut in the year of
  1978.
• She was at the age of 27.
• Sally was married to Steve Hawley while working
  for NASA.
• Sally and Steve are now divorced.

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Important Events

• The amazing Sally Ride applied into NASA in the
  year of 1977 at the age of 16.
• Her first mission in space was on June 18,1983 on
  the spaceship called the 7 Challenger.

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Living or Deceased?

• Sally Ride is living. She is now the age of 47.

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Why So Important?

• Sally Ride is known and important because she
  was the first woman astronaut to go outer space.

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Interesting Facts

• An interesting thing I have found about Sally is
  that she is an athlete.
• I think Sally would get along with lots of people
  including me because a lot of people play sports.

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Important Lessons

• Two important lessons that people may learn from
  the way Sally lives are
• That she puts fun in her life.
• Also that she had a very important job and she
  loved it.
• One day I might live like her.

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Hero or Celebrity?

• Sally Ride neither a hero or celebrity.
• She was a historical figure.
• She is a historical figure because she did
  something that is known in history.

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References

• Hannigan, James E. "Ride, Sally Kristen." World
  Book Student. 2008. Place of access.  7 Oct.
  2008 lthttp//www.worldbookonline.com/student/arti
  cle?idar469190gt.
• Lewis, Jone Johnson. Astronaut Candidate Sally
  Ride 1979 2008, (Place of Access) 7 Oct. 2008 ,
  About.Com. http//z.about.com/d/womenshistory/1/0/
  6/J/sally_ride_candidate.jpg