Parting Shot — 7.23.12

In this June 1983 photo released by NASA, astronaut Sally Ride, a specialist on shuttle mission STS-7, monitors control panels from the pilot’s chair on the shuttle Columbia flight deck. Ride, the first American woman in space, died Monday, after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 61. More here. (AP Photo/NASA, File)

Question: Did Sally Ride inspire you? What other pioneering women have inspired you?