| Publication date: | 1949.12 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Science fiction short story |
| Series: | Future History |
| Preceded by: | Gulf |
| Followed by: | The Long Watch |
| Wikipedia page |
“Delilah and the Space Rigger,” a science fiction short story by Robert A. Heinlein, is one of his most explicitly feminist‐themed short stories, it originally appeared in “Blue Book” December 1949.
Exposition
Gloria Brooks McNye, a Communications Engineer, wangles a job as a radio technician and joins the all‐male crew of construction workers building a space station. On her arrival she immediately has a confrontation with the hard‐boiled construction superintendent, who hadn’t realized she was female. He doesn’t want any women “sniffing around my boys” and orders her returned on the next shuttle…