Lake View East in Chicago in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Dr. Sally K. Ride
The Legacy Walk
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, August 26, 2021
1. Sally Ride Marker
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Dr. Sally K. Ride. The Legacy Walk.
Dr. Sally K. Ride Physicist, Astronaut, and Activist (1951 – 2012), . "When I was a girl, I had a teacher who encouraged my interest in science. She challenged me to be curious, to ask questions, and to think about things for myself" - Sally Ride, Sally Ride was born on May 26, 1951, in Los Angeles, CA. She grew up playing sports and competing in national junior tennis tournaments. But it was her fascination with science that led her to become a physicist, a science writer, and an inspirational advocate for science literacy. In 1977, while finishing her Ph.D. in physics at Stanford University, she saw an ad in the student newspaper that NASA was looking for astronauts and, for the first time, was allowing women to apply. She was one of only 35 people - including six women - chosen to join the astronaut corps from among 8000 applicants. When Challenger Mission STS-7 blasted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on June 18, 1983, Sally Ride soared into history as the first American woman in space. Her second flight, STS-41G, also aboard Challenger, launched on October 5, 1984. Ride was the only person to serve on the presidential commissions investigating both the Challenger explosion in 1986 and the Columbia disaster in 2003. She retired from NASA in 1987 and became a Science Fellow at the Center for International Security and Arms Control at Stanford. In 1989 she joined the faculty at the University of California, San Diego as a professor of physics and as Director of the California Space Institute. In 2001 Ride founded her own company – Sally Ride Science - to pursue her longtime passion for motivating girls and boys to study science and explore careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Sally Ride died on July 23, 2012, after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer. She is survived by Dr. Tam Shaughnessy, her life partner of 27 years; her mother, Joyce; sister, Bear, and bear's spouse, Susan; niece, Caitlin, and nephew, Whitney. In 2013 she was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, our nation's highest civilian honor, by President Barack Obama - a fitting tribute to a remarkable life that became a symbol of the ability of women to break barriers.
Dr. Sally K. Ride
Physicist, Astronaut, and Activist
(1951 – 2012)
"When I was a girl, I had a teacher who encouraged my interest in science.
She challenged me to be curious, to ask questions,
and to think about things for myself"
- Sally Ride
Sally Ride was born on May 26, 1951, in Los Angeles, CA. She grew up playing sports
and competing in national junior tennis tournaments. But it was her fascination
with science that led her to become a physicist, a science writer, and an
inspirational advocate for science literacy. In 1977, while finishing her Ph.D. in
physics at Stanford University, she saw an ad in the student newspaper that NASA
was looking for astronauts and, for the first time, was allowing women to apply.
She was one of only 35 people - including six women - chosen to join the astronaut
corps from among 8000 applicants. When Challenger Mission STS-7 blasted off
from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on June 18, 1983, Sally Ride soared into history
as the first American woman in space. Her second flight, STS-41G, also aboard
Challenger, launched on October 5, 1984. Ride was the only person to serve on the
presidential commissions investigating both the Challenger explosion in 1986 and
the Columbia disaster in 2003. She retired from NASA in
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1987 and became a Science
Fellow at the Center for International Security and Arms Control at Stanford.
In 1989 she joined the faculty at the University of California, San Diego as a
professor of physics and as Director of the California Space Institute. In 2001 Ride
founded her own company – Sally Ride Science - to pursue her longtime passion
for motivating girls and boys to study science and explore careers in science,
technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Sally Ride died on July 23, 2012, after a
17-month battle with pancreatic cancer. She is survived by Dr. Tam Shaughnessy,
her life partner of 27 years; her mother, Joyce; sister, Bear, and bear's spouse,
Susan; niece, Caitlin, and nephew, Whitney. In 2013 she was posthumously awarded
the Presidential Medal of Freedom, our nation's highest civilian honor, by
President Barack Obama - a fitting tribute to a remarkable life that became a
symbol of the ability of women to break barriers.
Erected 2014 by The Legacy Project.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Science & Medicine • Women. In addition, it is included in the The Legacy Walk series list. A significant historical date for this entry is June 18, 1983.
Location. 41° 56.541′ N, 87° 38.964′ W. Marker is in Chicago
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, August 26, 2021
2. Sally Ride Marker - wide view
The Sally Ride marker shares a pylon with the marker for Bayard Rustin.
, Illinois, in Cook County. It is in Lake View East. Marker is on North Halsted Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3314 North Halsted Street, Chicago IL 60657, United States of America. Touch for directions.
"On June 18, 1983, NASA Astronaut Sally K. Ride became the first American woman in space, when she launched with her four crewmates aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-7. Ride and five other women had been selected in 1978 for NASA Astronaut Group 8, the first American selection class to include females. With the advent of the space shuttle, NASA expanded astronaut selection from only pilots to scientists and engineers, and women became eligible for selection. NASA announced Ride and her classmates to the public on Jan. 16, 1978."
(Submitted on September 2, 2021.)
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Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 2, 2021, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 232 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on September 2, 2021, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
