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Sally Ride was the quintessential child of baby boomers. Growing up in the 1950s, she had access to the material comforts that American children born in previous decades did not have comparable access to. Television was one of these luxuries. One of her early heroes was from the television show Crusader Rabbit, a bunny in a knight suit which was the first television cartoons ever broadcasted. Ride’s posthumous biographer, Lynn Sherr, mused that, "The clever little crusader was the perfect role model for a pragmatic child with an emerging sense of irony: he was tiny in size but took on gigantic missions; he had guts, but not superpowers. He couldn’t fly or stop trains, but he could run really fast. And he oozed the sort of upbeat optimism that moved mountains. Swap the shining armor for a flight suit, and even more focused brain power, and you’ve got the real-life mind-set of Sally Ride. She also wanted to save the world—quietly—with plenty of best buddies along the way."

Interestingly, television was a prominent theme in Sally Ride’s childhood. The Ride children watched a whole assortment of shows, including I Love Lucy, Get Smart, and Perry Mason. Sally became fascinated by the James Bond spy saga.[1]

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[1] Sherr, Sally Ride, 32 – 36.

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