User talk:Peyton Tooze/sandbox

That same year, she won the Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award for her contributions to bioengineering and bioastronautics. She worked on many projects to deserve this award including, Project MIA, as aforementioned, which studied the psychological effects of U.S. space flight using mice as the test subjects. She also focused on the design of manned spacecraft as well as escape and recovery systems for astronauts.

Laurel Van der Wal was the first woman appointed to the Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners, in 1961, and served as a commissioner until 1967. In 1968, she served as Los Angeles International Airport's planner.

In the early 1970s, she wrote several reports for the Rand Corporation about planning a more effective transportation system.

In 1968, she explained that the children she taught "... are the most important thing ever to happen to me, ever."

The Roennau's had two sons, aged two years apart, Jonathan and Michael. Laurel and William later divorced.

Refernces:

https://alltogether.swe.org/2020/03/swe-stories-tales-from-the-archives-early-achievement-award-recipients-offer-advice-pt-2/ This source includes the actual voice of Laurel van der Wal. She is speaking on the panel of the Early Achievement Award. Not only does she speak candidly but, she is also described differently by other panelists in this 1968 recording. This source is dependable because it is in Laurel van der Wal’s own voice and her fellow scientists.

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_306559 This source includes a picture of Laurel van der Wal and a short summary of her life. This source is dependable because it is in the Smithsonian Archives.

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2079330/laurel-van-der-wal-lecturing-in-oregon/ This source includes a newspaper article written about Laurel van der Wal. This gives some insight on why she was so successful in her field and her other feats. This source is dependable because it is a real newspaper article during Laurel van der Wal’s prominence.

https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P4277.html This source includes 3 different publications that Laurel van der Wal appears in. This will allow me to read her style of writing over three different but similar topics. These pieces also allow me to better understand the subject matter that Laurel van der Wal focused on. These sources are dependable because they include the writing of Laurel van der Wal with some of her most important and influential pieces. Peyton Tooze (talk) 21:46, 12 November 2020 (UTC)