It's quite interesting to read about their periverance... their determination.
It was amazing how different time were just a few decades ago.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_13
"The Mercury 13 are 13 American women selected by NASA in the 1960s to train alongside the United States' original Mercury Seven astronauts, though they never flew in space."
Here's a picture of the ladies from 1995 (NASA's image of the day):
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/image...ature_691.html