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Book review JMH 27,4 A Galaxy of Her Own: Amazing Stories of Women in Space by Libby Jackson Penguin Random House London 143 p. ISBN 9781780898360 Review DOI 10.1108/JMH-05-2021-0029 There has been little dialogue by business and economic historians with scholars and practitioners on space exploration – currently a nexus between commercial private space and public sector space exploration. Libby Jackson’s2017 book sets thescenefor understanding the complexity and importance of space exploration. Jackson is responsible for the UK’s Human Spaceflight and Microgravity programmes on the International Space Station. Jackson, though not a trained historian, has had an interest in the development of space exploration and the role played by women. Jackson’s book is an examination of over 50 female personalities – and sometimes groups of women – involved in space exploration that is intended for everyone: specialists and enthusiasts alike. The book is a global interdisciplinary perspective that highlights, through the personalities surveyed, that space exploration is pleasantly more open than one would have initially thought. It explains what historians do, in bold pictures, the study of a phenomena through personalities and periods. More specifically, it is the groundwork of space exploration through the lives of extraordinary women. A Galaxy of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Management History Emerald Publishing

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Emerald Publishing
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1751-1348
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10.1108/jmh-05-2021-0029
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JMH 27,4 A Galaxy of Her Own: Amazing Stories of Women in Space by Libby Jackson Penguin Random House London 143 p. ISBN 9781780898360 Review DOI 10.1108/JMH-05-2021-0029 There has been little dialogue by business and economic historians with scholars and practitioners on space exploration – currently a nexus between commercial private space and public sector space exploration. Libby Jackson’s2017 book sets thescenefor understanding the complexity and importance of space exploration. Jackson is responsible for the UK’s Human Spaceflight and Microgravity programmes on the International Space Station. Jackson, though not a trained historian, has had an interest in the development of space exploration and the role played by women. Jackson’s book is an examination of over 50 female personalities – and sometimes groups of women – involved in space exploration that is intended for everyone: specialists and enthusiasts alike. The book is a global interdisciplinary perspective that highlights, through the personalities surveyed, that space exploration is pleasantly more open than one would have initially thought. It explains what historians do, in bold pictures, the study of a phenomena through personalities and periods. More specifically, it is the groundwork of space exploration through the lives of extraordinary women. A Galaxy of

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Journal of Management History – Emerald Publishing

Published: Dec 1, 2021

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