In 1968, ABC broadcaster Jules Bergman asked 25-year-old Poppy Northcutt how much attention men in mission control paid to 'a pretty girl wearing miniskirts' instead of asking about her technical work.
Sources
- Inside Apollo mission control, from the eyes of the first woman on the job (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/nasa-pioneer-poppy-northcutt-role-apollo-program/ (texasmonthly.com)
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/jillgriffin/2019/07/17/how-poppy-northcutt-helped-put-a-man-on-the-moon/ (forbes.com)
- https://ffrf.org/publications/day/frances-poppy-northcutt/ (ffrf.org)
- https://galacticjourney.org/september-28-1969-apollos-new-muses-women-behind-the-scenes-in-the-apollo-programme/ (galacticjourney.org)
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