“If women can be railroad workers in Russia why can't they be fly in space?” Valentina Tereshkova was an important aviator worldwide to thousands of females aspiring to become aviators. She was the first female to be flown into space and because of her many people rethought their beliefs about the capabilities of women. To this day many still renowned her as one of the most influential aviators in history. It this essay I will be discussing her early childhood, her early career, some of her great accomplishments as well as some of the life lessons we learned from her own time spent here among us.
Valentina Vladimirovna "Valya" Tereshkova was born on March 6, 1937, in the Volga River village of Maslennikova. Her parents were Vladimir Tereshkov …show more content…
the now Junior Lieutenant Tereshkova became the first first female in history to be launched into space. This was an important moment for aviation and female rights throughout the world for two reasons. The it showed that women had the same resistances to the physical and psychological stresses of space as a man. But this also proved that women could also handle gravitational force better than a man could. Second it showed that a woman could do just a much as a man could and excel at it. She later traveled the world as a goodwill ambassador promoting the equality between the sexes in the Soviet Union. Which was a major problem for the United States at the time and still to this day proves to be an issue. Although she was given applauses at the United Nations this acceptance was not the same at home in russia. The Soviets used here her as propaganda for how in their country women were treated equal when this was not the case. Much like all the other female cosmonauts they were not thought of or treated as equals by anyone in their field. In the later years in her life she worked in Russian Politics, feminism, culture, and even at one point became a published author. She became a member of the Supreme Soviet Presidium, she also served on the Soviet Women's Committee, in later years becoming its leader. Even later Tereshkova headed the USSR's International Cultural and Friendship Union and soon commanded the Russian Association of International
Valentina Vladimirovna "Valya" Tereshkova was born on March 6, 1937, in the Volga River village of Maslennikova. Her parents were Vladimir Tereshkov …show more content…
the now Junior Lieutenant Tereshkova became the first first female in history to be launched into space. This was an important moment for aviation and female rights throughout the world for two reasons. The it showed that women had the same resistances to the physical and psychological stresses of space as a man. But this also proved that women could also handle gravitational force better than a man could. Second it showed that a woman could do just a much as a man could and excel at it. She later traveled the world as a goodwill ambassador promoting the equality between the sexes in the Soviet Union. Which was a major problem for the United States at the time and still to this day proves to be an issue. Although she was given applauses at the United Nations this acceptance was not the same at home in russia. The Soviets used here her as propaganda for how in their country women were treated equal when this was not the case. Much like all the other female cosmonauts they were not thought of or treated as equals by anyone in their field. In the later years in her life she worked in Russian Politics, feminism, culture, and even at one point became a published author. She became a member of the Supreme Soviet Presidium, she also served on the Soviet Women's Committee, in later years becoming its leader. Even later Tereshkova headed the USSR's International Cultural and Friendship Union and soon commanded the Russian Association of International