When it's mentioned at all, Sally Ride is sometimes called the second-ever woman in space (e.g., https://www.businessinsider.com/sally-ride-first-american-woman

When it's mentioned at all, Sally Ride is sometimes called the second-ever woman in space (e.g., https://www.businessinsider.com/sally-ride-first-american-woman-in-space-life-legacy-2019-6 https://www.businessinsider.com/sally-ride-first-american-wo...). She wasn't; she was the third, and 20 years after the first.