Taking Off

This article is about the BeForever version. For the 2019 version, see Maryellen: Taking Off.

Taking Off: A Maryellen Classic Volume 2 is the second volume of Maryellen's series.

Characters

Only in Taking Off

Chapter by Chapter Summary

Chapters One-Five can be seen as the equivalent of "Book Four."

Chapter One: Bridesmaids, Birthdays and Brainstorms

Chapter Two: Rock Around the Clock

Chapter Three: Show Biz

Chapter Four: Who Do We Appreciate?

Chapter Five: The Parade

Chapters Six-Nine can be seen as the equivalent of "Book Five."

Chapter Six: A Star

Chapter Seven: Flabbergasted

Chapter Eight: Songs of the Open Road

Chapter Nine: Disaster!

Chapters Ten-Fourteen can be seen as the equivalent of "Book Six."

Chapter Ten: Groups

Chapter Eleven: Get To It!

Chapter Twelve: Maryellen Takes Off

Chapter Thirteen: The Flying Friends

Chapter Fourteen: The Most Important Thing

Inside Maryellen's World

Discusses the scientific and social changes of the 1950s. Topics covered:

The symptoms of polio and the treatment of patients at isolation wards, and the celebratory relief after the polio vaccine was announced to be safe and effective.
The fear some parents had over the polio vaccines, prompting doctors and health organizations to work promoting the vaccine, with great success.
Vanguard 1, a small solar-powered satellite launched by the U.S. government at Cape Canaveral, Florida in 1958 - today it's the oldest man-made satellite still orbiting the earth.
The rising popularity of road trips, as more American had cars and paid vacations, and the popular TV shows that made families want to explore the Wild West.
Prejudices African Americans faced in the South, where they were segregated from whites and traveling wad different since most restaurants and hotels refused to serve them.
Black children having to attend schools with inadequate conditions, despite the schools supposedly being "separate but equal".
Brown vs Board of Education, a case that started after Linda Brown of Topeka, Kansas was barred from enrolling in her neighborhood's school and instead sent to a black school farther away.
The case leading the Supreme Court to rule segregation as being harmful and unconstitutional - the decision becoming a landmark for the civil rights movement.

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