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Shortly after Allen Shepherd became the first American astronaut to fly into space in 1961,year-
Inspired by the old Chicago schoolgirl, she wrote to Nasa asking what she needed to do to "see the stars up close.
Someone from Nasa wrote back thanking her for her interest, but politely told her that there was no place in the American women's space program at the time.
In July 20, 1969, the same young woman, who was doing summer washing at a hotel in Alaska, heard that Neil Armstrong had landed on the moon.