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Sally Ride, new role model

Sally Ride, America's first female astronaut, becomes an unwilling role model.

Sally Ride, America's first female astronaut, becomes an unwilling role model. The sound quality on this recording is variable/poor.

This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ in 2014.

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14 minutes

Last on

Sun 19 Jun 1983 09:15

Credit

Role Contributor
Presenter Alistair Cooke

Broadcasts

  • Fri 17 Jun 1983 21:15
  • Sun 19 Jun 1983 09:15

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