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One of the first female missileers

Pat Fornes grew up in Ohio, in the 1960s, during the height of the Cold War. Her father was a missile launch officer. She followed in his footsteps. 鈥淲e stand on our sister鈥檚 shoulders,鈥 says Pat, 鈥渁s we move forward.鈥

(Image: A deactivated missile in a silo at the Titan Missile Museum in Arizona. Credit: Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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