Author: KATHLEEN BROOKS-PAZMANY
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
This volume presents the bold women who made tremendous contributions to the field of aviation at a time when the question of whether aviation was a "proper" sphere for women was still unresolved in many minds.
U S WOMEN IN AVIATION 1919-29 PA
Author: KATHLEEN BROOKS-PAZMANY
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
This volume presents the bold women who made tremendous contributions to the field of aviation at a time when the question of whether aviation was a "proper" sphere for women was still unresolved in many minds.
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
This volume presents the bold women who made tremendous contributions to the field of aviation at a time when the question of whether aviation was a "proper" sphere for women was still unresolved in many minds.
United States Women in Aviation, 1919-1929
Author: Kathleen L. Brooks-Pazmany
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women air pilots
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women air pilots
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
United States Women in Aviation, 1919-1929
Author: Claudia M. Oakes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
American Women and Flight since 1940
Author: Deborah G. Douglas
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813148294
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Women run wind tunnel experiments, direct air traffic, and fabricate airplanes. American women have been involved with flight from the beginning, but until 1940, most people believed women could not fly, that Amelia Earhart was an exception to the rule. World War II changed everything. "It is on the record thatwomen can fly as well as men," stated General Henry H. Arnold, commanding general of the Army Air Forces. The question became "Should women fly?" Deborah G. Douglas tells the story of this ongoing debate and its impact on American history. From Jackie Cochran, whose perseverance led to the formation of the Women's Army Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II to the recent achievements of Jeannie Flynn, the Air Force's first woman fighter pilot and Eileen Collins, NASA's first woman shuttle commander, Douglas introduces a host of determined women who overcame prejudice and became military fliers, airline pilots, and air and space engineers. Not forgotten are stories of flight attendants, air traffic controllers, and mechanics. American Women and Flight since 1940 is a revised and expanded edition of a Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum reference work. Long considered the single best reference work in the field, this new edition contains extensive new illustrations and a comprehensive bibliography.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813148294
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Women run wind tunnel experiments, direct air traffic, and fabricate airplanes. American women have been involved with flight from the beginning, but until 1940, most people believed women could not fly, that Amelia Earhart was an exception to the rule. World War II changed everything. "It is on the record thatwomen can fly as well as men," stated General Henry H. Arnold, commanding general of the Army Air Forces. The question became "Should women fly?" Deborah G. Douglas tells the story of this ongoing debate and its impact on American history. From Jackie Cochran, whose perseverance led to the formation of the Women's Army Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II to the recent achievements of Jeannie Flynn, the Air Force's first woman fighter pilot and Eileen Collins, NASA's first woman shuttle commander, Douglas introduces a host of determined women who overcame prejudice and became military fliers, airline pilots, and air and space engineers. Not forgotten are stories of flight attendants, air traffic controllers, and mechanics. American Women and Flight since 1940 is a revised and expanded edition of a Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum reference work. Long considered the single best reference work in the field, this new edition contains extensive new illustrations and a comprehensive bibliography.
Bessie Coleman
Author: Cathleen Small
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 150262754X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Inspired by soldiers returning from World War I, Bessie Coleman decided to become a pilot, but in 1916 American flight schools did not admit women. This book examines the challenging times and amazing accomplishments of Coleman on her journey to not only become the first woman of African American and Native American descent to earn an international aviation pilot's license, but also a successful civilian pilot and famous stunt flyer.
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 150262754X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Inspired by soldiers returning from World War I, Bessie Coleman decided to become a pilot, but in 1916 American flight schools did not admit women. This book examines the challenging times and amazing accomplishments of Coleman on her journey to not only become the first woman of African American and Native American descent to earn an international aviation pilot's license, but also a successful civilian pilot and famous stunt flyer.
Aviation in the U.S. Army, 1919-1939
Author: Maurer Maurer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
Encyclopedia of Women in Aviation and Space
Author: Rosanne Welch
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Compiles some 250 entries on individuals, events, institutions, and organizations related to women in aviation and space. Includes many biographical entries on women aviators throughout the world, numerous bandw photographs chronicling the history of women and their flying machines, coverage of the first black female aviators, and discussions of contemporary problems of women pilots from sexual harrassment to denial of earned promotions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Compiles some 250 entries on individuals, events, institutions, and organizations related to women in aviation and space. Includes many biographical entries on women aviators throughout the world, numerous bandw photographs chronicling the history of women and their flying machines, coverage of the first black female aviators, and discussions of contemporary problems of women pilots from sexual harrassment to denial of earned promotions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Walking on Air
Author: Janann Sherman
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1617031259
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Aviation pioneer Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie (1902–1975) was once one of the most famous women in America. In the 1930s, her words and photographs were splashed across the front pages of newspapers across the nation. The press labeled her “second only to Amelia Earhart among America's women pilots,” and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt named her among the “eleven women whose achievements make it safe to say that the world is progressing.” Omlie began her career in the early 1920s when aviation was unregulated and open to those daring enough to take it on, male or female. She earned the first commercial pilot's license issued to a woman and became a successful air racer. During the New Deal, she became the first woman to hold an executive position in federal aeronautics. In Walking on Air, author Janann Sherman presents a thorough and entertaining biography of Omlie. In 1920, the Des Moines, Iowa, native bought herself a Curtiss JN-4D airplane and began learning how to fly and perform stunts with her future husband, pilot Vernon Omlie. She danced the Charleston on the top wing, hung by her teeth below the plane, and performed parachute jumps in the Phoebe Fairgrave Flying Circus. Using interviews, contemporary newspaper articles, archived radio transcripts, and other archival materials, Sherman creates a complex portrait of a daring aviator struggling for recognition in the early days of flight and a detailed examination of how American flying changed over the twentieth century.
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1617031259
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Aviation pioneer Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie (1902–1975) was once one of the most famous women in America. In the 1930s, her words and photographs were splashed across the front pages of newspapers across the nation. The press labeled her “second only to Amelia Earhart among America's women pilots,” and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt named her among the “eleven women whose achievements make it safe to say that the world is progressing.” Omlie began her career in the early 1920s when aviation was unregulated and open to those daring enough to take it on, male or female. She earned the first commercial pilot's license issued to a woman and became a successful air racer. During the New Deal, she became the first woman to hold an executive position in federal aeronautics. In Walking on Air, author Janann Sherman presents a thorough and entertaining biography of Omlie. In 1920, the Des Moines, Iowa, native bought herself a Curtiss JN-4D airplane and began learning how to fly and perform stunts with her future husband, pilot Vernon Omlie. She danced the Charleston on the top wing, hung by her teeth below the plane, and performed parachute jumps in the Phoebe Fairgrave Flying Circus. Using interviews, contemporary newspaper articles, archived radio transcripts, and other archival materials, Sherman creates a complex portrait of a daring aviator struggling for recognition in the early days of flight and a detailed examination of how American flying changed over the twentieth century.
United States Women in Aviation Through World War One
Author: Smithsonian Institution
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
American Women and Flight Since 1940
Author: Deborah G. Douglas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780813190730
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
" Women run wind tunnel experiments, direct air traffic, and fabricate airplanes. American women have been involved with flight from the beginning, but until 1940, most people believed women could not fly, that Amelia Earhart was an exception to the rule. World War II changed everything. "It is on the record thatwomen can fly as well as men," stated General Henry H. Arnold, commanding general of the Army Air Forces. The question became "Should women fly?" Deborah G. Douglas tells the story of this ongoing debate and its impact on American history. From Jackie Cochran, whose perseverance led to the formation of the Women's Army Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II to the recent achievements of Jeannie Flynn, the Air Force's first woman fighter pilot and Eileen Collins, NASA's first woman shuttle commander, Douglas introduces a host of determined women who overcame prejudice and became military fliers, airline pilots, and air and space engineers. Not forgotten are stories of flight attendants, air traffic controllers, and mechanics. American Women and Flight since 1940 is a revised and expanded edition of a Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum reference work. Long considered the single best reference work in the field, this new edition contains extensive new illustrations and a comprehensive bibliography.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780813190730
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
" Women run wind tunnel experiments, direct air traffic, and fabricate airplanes. American women have been involved with flight from the beginning, but until 1940, most people believed women could not fly, that Amelia Earhart was an exception to the rule. World War II changed everything. "It is on the record thatwomen can fly as well as men," stated General Henry H. Arnold, commanding general of the Army Air Forces. The question became "Should women fly?" Deborah G. Douglas tells the story of this ongoing debate and its impact on American history. From Jackie Cochran, whose perseverance led to the formation of the Women's Army Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II to the recent achievements of Jeannie Flynn, the Air Force's first woman fighter pilot and Eileen Collins, NASA's first woman shuttle commander, Douglas introduces a host of determined women who overcame prejudice and became military fliers, airline pilots, and air and space engineers. Not forgotten are stories of flight attendants, air traffic controllers, and mechanics. American Women and Flight since 1940 is a revised and expanded edition of a Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum reference work. Long considered the single best reference work in the field, this new edition contains extensive new illustrations and a comprehensive bibliography.