View items that belonged to Geraldyn “Jerrie” Cobb who was part of the Mercury 13. This was a group of women who in 1959 went through the same physiological tests as the Mercury Seven astronauts, although by a private organization proposing to send women to space. Items belonging to Jerrie's collection range from memorabilia from her early days as an aviator to gifts brought back from her humanitarian work in South America and across the globe.


