Women Aviators
26 Stories of Pioneer Flights, Daring Missions, and Record-setting Journeys
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, [2013]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 234 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Profiles the lives and careers of twenty-six women who were pioneers in the field of aviation.
Series: Women of action (Chicago, Ill.)
Contents:
PART I: Pioneers of aviation. -- Baroness de Laroche: "Bird Woman" -- Harriet Quimby: First woman to fly across the English Channel -- Bessie Coleman: Queen Bess -- Neta Snook: The woman who taught Amelia to fly -- PART II: The golden age of flight. -- Amelia Earhart: The most famous female aviator in the world -- Louise Thaden: Women's Air Derby winner -- Bobbi Trout: From service station to airfield -- Elinor Smith: The Flying Flapper of Freeport -- Edna Gardner Whyte: Nothing could stop her from flying -- Katherine Cheung: The first licensed Asian American woman pilot -- Beryl Markham: African bush pilot crosses Atlantic -- Willa Brown: Integrating the US Armed Forces -- PART III: Wartime and military flying. -- Jacqueline Cochran: Women pilots can make a difference -- Violet Cowden: Determined WASP -- Valentina Grizodubova: The Soviet Amelia Earhart -- Hanna Reitsch: The world's first female test pilot -- PART IV: All part of the job. -- Pancho Barnes: Stunt flyer extraordinaire -- Lynn Rippelmeyer & Beverly Burns: Airline pilot captains -- Wally Funk: Air safety investigator -- Patty Wagstaff: Aerobatic firefighter -- Ingrid Pedersen: Polar bush pilot -- PART V: Making a difference. -- Ruth Nichols: Relief Wings in times of disaster -- Fay Gillis Wells: Promoting world friendship through flying -- Jennifer Murray: Helicopter flying for charity -- Ida Van Smith: Teaching children to fly -- Jerrie Cobb: Missionary pilot.
Subjects:
Women air pilots -- Biography -- Teen literature.
Women air pilots -- History -- Teen literature.
Women air pilots -- Biography -- Teen literature.
Women air pilots -- History -- Teen literature.
Target Audience: 12+
ISBN:
9781613745403 (cloth)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
T TRANSPORT Women | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Teen | In |
T TRANSPORT Gib | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Teen Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.