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Women were both behind the scenes and at the forefront of the short-lived Women in Space Program, which ran from 1959 to 1961. Jackie Cochran, a famous female pilot who was the first woman to break the sound barrier and set a plethora of other flight records in the 1930s, was the main sponsor of Lovelace's privatelyfunded fight to prove that, "certain qualities of the female space pilot are preferable to her male colleague." This included extensive physical and psychological testing, which women like Jerrie Cobb, another revered female pilot, were put through to prove that they were equal to men, including every test the seven male astronauts of Mercury mission underwent. 13 of the 19 women passed all the tests, in comparison to only 18 of the 32 to men who were tested.

2.Fortunately the NASA people and the NASA attitude that prevailed in the '60s do not exist today with respect to women in space. Since Dr. Ride's trip in !"# several women have $een involved in space travel and some o% them are military women. #.women education&'ender sensiti(ation&
4.A kind of patriarchal male dominant social order is the building block to them in their way 5 The financial institutions are skeptical about the entrepreneurial abilities of women. 6Women's family obligations also bar them from becoming successful entrepreneurs in both de eloped and de eloping nations. 7, !ndian women gi e more emphasis to family ties and relationships. ". #ow$le el risk taking attitude is another factor affecting women folk decision to get into it. %uggestions & . 'onsider women as specific target group for all de elopmental programmes. . (etter educational facilities and schemes should be e)tended to women folk from go ernment part. 'ontinuous monitoring and impro ement of training programmes. Ade*uate funds.

Conclusion !ndependence brought promise of e*uality of opportunity in all sphere to the !ndian women and laws guaranteeing for their e*ual rights of participation in political process and e*ual opportunities and rights in education and employment were enacted. (ut

unfortunately+ the go ernment sponsored de elopment acti ities ha e benefited only a small section of women.