Sally Ride

• NEW YORK—Pioneering astronaut Sally Ride, who relished privacy as much as she did adventure, chose an appropriately discreet manner of coming out.
(Contra Costa Times)
• CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., July 25 (Reuters) - Sally Ride was the first U.S. woman in space and a role model for women everywhere. But one group had to wait until her death this week to claim her as a member - the gay community.
(Reuters)
• America's first female astronaut was a positive role model for many young people. Sally Ride, who died Monday at age 61, probably could have been a success at just about any career path she took.
(Rock Hill Herald)
• The news of the passing of Sally Ride -- a bona fide American hero and our first woman astronaut -- struck home here at All Saints Church in Pasadena as not just a public loss but as a personal grief.
(Huffington Post)
• At the end of an obituary that she co-wrote with her partner, Tam OShaughnessy, they disclosed to the world their relationship of 27 years. That was it.
(The Ledger)
• (CNN) -- Sally Ride was a fantastic physicist and astronaut, and later a science education reformer. I was surprised to learn of her passing on Monday. I was even more surprised to learn that she was a lesbian.
(KCRA.com)
• The legendary former astronaut shared a diagnosis with more than 40,000 people this year. Every day were learning more about the disease and how to fight it.      I was in medical school when Sally Ride, Ph.D, rode in space.
(Atlantic Online)
• I was sitting in my office one day, as CEO of Palm, when my assistant walked in to tell me Sally Ride had called to request a meeting. THE Sally Ride? I asked.
(San Jose Mercury News)
• Sally Rides untimely death from pancreatic cancer has put the deadly cancer back in the spotlight. Because there is no good screening method, pancreatic cancer is often not detected until it is advanced and metastasized to other parts of the body.
(Huffington Post)
• The Beauty Shop ladies weigh in on the passing of astronaut Sally Ride and why her death has become a political issue. They also discuss the shootings in Aurora, Colorado.
(NPR News)