Lady Science no. 22: Disability, Gender, and the Constructed Environment

Disability, Pregnancy, and the Continued Fight for Workers' Rights by Leila A. McNeill

Astronormate: The Image of Ability in the American Space Program by Anna Reser

In this issue, Leila writes about the intersection of disability, pregnancy, and labor rights in legislation and the workplace. Anna explores how disability conditions the image of the astronaut in the early American space program. 

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