@overthehill Damn that is a good point.

It wasn't even obscure knowledge in any way.

As a kid in the 90s (in the West but not US) this was in my science book. Her, Gargarin & Buzz Aldrin were the first 'space people' I ever learned about.

Gargarin I still occasionally hear about but moreso Aldrin. But Tereshkova I've not heard about in decades.