“ I was really desperate. I don't know if you can remember back that far, but when I went to graduate school they didn't want females in graduate school. They were very open about it. They didn't mince… Shannon Lucid
“ I think that over the years, whether they want to admit it or not, people have to admit that the women astronauts have performed just as well as the men astronauts. Shannon Lucid
“ When I got my PhD, it was a time when there were just no jobs for PhDs. Period. PhDs were getting the lowest paid technician jobs, if they were lucky, in any kind of science. Shannon Lucid
