Sally Ride

• Sally Ride, the first American female astronaut, died on Monday of pancreatic cancer. She was 61 years old. Ride is best known for her extraterrestrial exploits, but she was also a scientist.
(Science Now)
• Sally Ride lived her life with integrity and by being true to herself, cultural analysts say, paving the unique way for how she wanted to let the public know about her sexuality.
(USA Today)
• Sally Ride, the famed astronaut and first U.S. woman in space, had deep ties to Southern California, and she was remembered here  and around the world as a groundbreaker. She was the first, said Joy A.
(Los Angeles Times)
• Sally Ride, the first American woman to journey into space, died on Monday after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer, her foundation announced. She was 61.
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• Pancreatic cancer, the most aggressive type of cancer, has claimed the life of astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman in space. Ride died Monday at age of 61 after a 17-month-long battle against the disease.
(Sun Sentinel)
• Dr. Sally Kristen Ride, the first U.S. woman in space, died at age 61 on Monday after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer.
(Voice of America)
• "I think that maybe it's too bad that our society isn't further along, and that this is such a big deal."-- Sally Ride, May 24, 1983 Less than a month later, Ride would be the first American woman and the youngest person to enter space.
(Washington Post)
• Astronaut and first American woman in space, Sally Ride has died of Pancreatic cancer at 61 in San Diego, Ca. People did not know she had pancreatic cancer, thats going to be a huge shock. For 17 months, nobody knew -- and everyone does now.
(Salon)
• In his blog on The Daily Beast, Andrew Sullivan critiques the New York Times for not stating that Sally Ride was a lesbian in her obituary. In fact, NYT waits until the second to last paragraph to even mention Ride's relationship with Tam O'Shaughnessy.
(AlterNet)