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Martha Lemasters is a Floridian, reared in Ft. Lauderdale and currently residing in Vero Beach, Florida. During the late 50’s, she attended the University of Florida majoring in Journalism.

She began work for IBM on the Apollo Program at Cape Kennedy in the late 60’s as a typist, then secretary and finally PR writer after years of proving herself for advancement. Kennedy Space Center during this time was a man’s world, made up of engineers, scientists, analysts, programmers and technicians with men outnumbering women 200 to 1. Women were deemed ‘safety hazards’ if dresses were worn on the launch platforms; catcalls and disrespect welcomed the women who traversed the bays of the VAB.

As a marketing communications writer, Lemasters wrote about Martha Lemasters is a Floridian, reared in Ft. Lauderdale and currently residing in Vero Beach, Florida. During the late 50’s, she attended the University of Florida majoring in Journalism.

She began work for IBM on the Apollo Program at Cape Kennedy in the late 60’s as a typist, then secretary and finally PR writer after years of proving herself for advancement. Kennedy Space Center during this time was a man’s world, made up of engineers, scientists, analysts, programmers and technicians with men outnumbering women 200 to 1. Women were deemed ‘safety hazards’ if dresses were worn on the launch platforms; catcalls and disrespect welcomed the women who traversed the bays of the VAB.

As a marketing communications writer, Lemasters wrote about the people who made up one of the greatest technical teams ever assembled in American history. Included in those stories are the heartaches, failures, losses, and challenges to the individuals who made up the Apollo launch support team at the Cape.

Following the end of the Apollo program, she continued into the Skylab and Soyuz programs. After these programs ended she joined Harris Corporation in Melbourne, also as a writer.

Following remarriage in the late 70’s to a top executive, she became fully involved as a corporate wife, traveling the world with her husband’s ventures into technology, first for Harris Corporation, then later as president and CEO of CONTEL, which was eventually bought out by Verizon.

Since retiring, she has volunteered for the State Attorney’s Office as a victim advocate for six years. During this time, she hosted several concerts for victims entitled Vero Sings for the Victims.

She is a member of Impact 100, a women’s collective giving group who each donate $1000 a year and award grants to nonprofits in her community, where she served on the Board as vice president of Communications for five years.

She writes a bi-weekly inspirational article for the Newsweekly section of the Vero Beach Press Journal (tcpalm.com) on behalf of the Christian Science church, where she also serves as a substitute Reader. She also facilitates a seminar entitled, Better Thinking for Better Living.

She has been a member of the John’s Island Club for the past 15 years where she currently serves on the Board of Directors.

She spends her summers at her home in Highlands, North Carolina, where her three daughters, Curran, Cathy, and Cindy, love to visit.

Three of her closest friends who are depicted in the book, (but with different names ) Joanne Miller, Marylou Duffy and Sharon Witt continue to keep in touch throughout the year. ...more

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Aaron Hernandez: Suicide is not the Answer

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I, like so many other Gators, followed Aaron through his football years at the University of Florida and then with the Patriots. I cannot describe the sorrow and sadness I felt when word of his suicide hit the news after being acquitted of two other murders. He even cried when he heard the verdict: a huge departure from his first guilty verdict when he showed no remorse but was Read more of this blog post »

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“Mistakes aren't life sentences they are life lessons.”
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“The complete Apollo team...directly involves slightly over 400,000 people...Included are some if the country's foremost scientists and engineers. This mobilization of men and resources is unprecedented in history since WWII”
― Martha Lemasters, The Step: One Woman's Journey to Finding Her Own Happiness and Success During the Apollo Space Program

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“At breakfast one Saturday I decided to tell Hank my desire to go back to work. He explodes, 'What can you do? You can't make enough to buy your own Kotex”
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“Mistakes aren't life sentences they are life lessons.”
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“I have tried to fight the impulse, the attraction, but my defenses crumble every time I see him. Since my divorce from Hank I'm practically love-starved.”
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“I notice perfume smells on his shirts and even later hours. I suspect he's having an affair but really don't care.”
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