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Lindbergh Eagle Award presented to Sally Ride, 1985. This Lindbergh Eagle award was given to Dr. Sally K. Ride in May 1985 to honor her achievement as the first American woman in space. Anne Morrow Lindbergh, widow of the famed aviator Charles A. Lindbergh, presented the award at a ceremony during Minneapolis' Lindbergh Heritage week. Lindbergh, who had often flown with her husband as a co-pilot, navigator, and radio operator, modestly declined the comparison made between herself and Ride as flight "pioneers," saying that Ride was more deserving of the title.