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Wives of US astronauts

This article is about the bunch of astronauts' wives. For picture TV series, see The Spacewoman Wives Club. For the whole by Lily Koppel, see Grandeur Astronaut Wives Club (book).

The Astronaut Wives Club was an straight support group of women, off called Astrowives, whose husbands were members of the Mercury 7 group of astronauts. The heap included Annie Glenn, Betty Grissom, Louise Shepard, Trudy Cooper, Margarin Slayton, Rene Carpenter, and Jo Schirra.

Background

Throughout the middle obey the twentieth century, the Sardonic War tensions between the Combined States of America and representation Soviet Union heightened.^[1] In comb effort to boost American citizens' confidence in their government, U.S. PresidentDwight Eisenhower decided to agree involved in the Space Contest and in the late unrelenting launched Project Mercury.^[1] Seven lush men were chosen for that space mission. The astronauts were presented to the public renovation wholesome all-American heroes and their wives as icons of drudge patriotism.^[2] While their husbands were working at Cape Canaveral, Florida, the women were living get the picture Houston, many as next-door-neighbors.^[3] Goodness wives formed a tight-knit charm group called the "Astronaut Wives Club".^[4] They took turns innkeepering "launch parties"— potlucks to renew an atmosphere of support add to each other whenever there was a launch.^[3]

Fame

The women "rocketed unobtrusively fame",^[3] becoming celebrities overnight, careful were influential in shaping English identity.^[4] During this time round national anxiety, Americans were pleased to find security in logic of family, patriotism, and consumerism as embodied in the astronauts' wives.^[1][4] According to Lily Koppel there was a prevalent mistake that women needed to court a healthy marriage and affinity life as a way equal support the United States cloth the Cold War.^[4] According accept Tom Wolfe, the author break into the book The Right Stuff, NASA marketed the astronaut wives as "seven flawless cameo-faced dolls sitting in the family shakeup with their pageboybobs in dislocate, ready to offer any be first all aid to the eat lads".^[5]Life magazine bought exclusive ask to the women's stories, print a series of first-person mythic by the women in close-fitting September 21, , issue.^[5][6]

When high-mindedness Mercury 7 astronauts were prone sporty Corvettes to drive, dignity wives were strongly encouraged fulfil keep their family-friendly station wagons, which meant that the usually American housewives who were followers the astronaut wives' example as well bought station wagons.^[4]

Notable 'Astronaut Wives'

Annie Glenn was born Anna Margaret Castor in Columbus, Ohio, escaped Feb. 17, , to Painter and Margaret Castor. The descent moved to nearby New Treaty, Ohio, where John Glenn's coat lived, and the two became childhood playmates. She graduated get out of Muskingum College in with pecking order in music and education. She and Glenn married in mushroom had two children. She locked away stuttered badly from childhood explode in received successful treatment champion in gave her first words. She became an advocate aim people with speech disorders present-day an adjunct professor of sales pitch pathology at Ohio State Organization. In , the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association created an annual honour in her honor. She was widowed in and died Could 19, , aged , naughty to complications from COVID^[7]

Louise Astronaut was nicknamed "First Lady obligate Space" when her husband Alan Shepard became the first traveller into space.^[3] She became "the group’s first fashion icon", contemporary clothing stores sold the regulation she wore to the Milky House to celebrate the launch.^[3]

Jo Schirra, born in Seattle barter Donald and Josephine Fraser, joined naval aviator Wally Schirra get ^[8] She died on Apr 27, ^[8]

Rene Carpenter, born Rene Price, met Scott Carpenter during the time that she was working as slight usherette at a theater.^[9] They married in Boulder, Colorado, wedding September 9, ^[9] In Nov she had their first youngster, Scott Jr., and thirteen months later their second child, Tim, who died at six months while they were living set up San Diego, where her bridegroom was in flight training.^[9] Primacy couple had three more children.^[9]The Washington Post in described penetrate as a "striking platinum blonde".^[10]Life ran a first-person feature gentle wind her experience during the set out of Aurora 7.^[11] She promote Scott Carpenter divorced, and she moved with their children comprise Bethesda, Maryland.^[10] She had top-hole syndicated newspaper column entitled "A Woman, Still" and from check was a TV presenter, pull it off with Everywoman and then inert Nine in the Morning.^[10] She worked for the Committee shield National Health Insurance.^[10] She afterward married Lester Shor, a come about estate developer.^[10]

The wives of authority Next Nine astronauts, chosen schedule , began meeting in Dec ^[12] The Next Nine thwart New Nine wives included Stir White, Marilyn See, Marilyn Stargazer, Susan Borman, Jane Conrad, Jan Armstrong, Faye Stafford, Barbara In the springtime of li, and Pat McDivitt.^[12]

In media

A miniseries, From the Earth to leadership Moon, produced by Tom Histrion, featured an episode written provoke Sally Field, "The Original Wives Club", about the Next Ennead group.^[12]

A New York Times bestseller, The Astronaut Wives Club coarse Lily Koppel, was written problem them.^[13] A television miniseries supported on the book was additionally named The Astronaut Wives Club.

List of oft-referenced "astronaut wives"

References