For 17 months, nobody knew, and everyone does now. People did not know she had pancreatic cancer, this is bound to be a huge shock. "My sister was a very private person. Sally had a very fundamental sense of privacy, it was just her nature, because we're Norwegians, through and through. Sally's signature statement was 'Reach for the Stars.' Surely she did this, and she blazed a trail for all the rest of us. Sally died the same way she lived: without fear. Her integrity was absolute her spirit was immeasurable her approach to life was fearless. "Sally lived her life to the fullest with boundless energy, curiosity, intelligence, passion, joy, and love. She became an astronaut and I was ordained as a Presbyterian minister. Sally studied science and I went to seminary. Our parents taught us to explore, and we did. In 1983 Newsweek quoted our father as saying, 'We might have encouraged, but mostly we just let them explore.' Our parents encouraged us to be curious, to keep our minds and hearts open and to respect all persons as children of God. Our parents, Joyce and Dale Ride, encouraged us to study hard, to do our best and to be anything we wanted to be. Sally died peacefully on July 23rd after a courageous 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer. "Sally Ride was the first American woman to go into space and she was my big sister. Here's the essay that Bear Ride has been sending around as a tribute to her sister: "I'm a rather out-there advocate for LGBT rights - my partner and I have even been arrested a couple of times in public protest!" she told me. Everyone who knows her well really got that about her."īear, a gay Presbyterian minister, takes a different approach. Her personal feelings were just that: personal. "If you read interviews from years and years back, you'll see that there was always a major frustration that she didn't comment much on 'how it feels to be the first American woman in space' - she just didn't think that way. She wanted to get the job done. "In her inherent Norwegian reticence - in this and so many aspects of her personal life (wrestling with pancreatic cancer, for example) - she just didn't talk much (see Norwegian comment, and add to that the typical tight-lipped scientist thing)," Bear wrote. In an email today, Sally Ride's sister, Bear Ride, explained why the former astronaut kept quiet about her sexual orientation.
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