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Flying High: Pioneer Women in American Aviation
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Flying High: Pioneer Women in American Aviation Paperback - 2002

by Charles R. Mitchell; Kirk W. House


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In the beginning of the twentieth century, women were demanding more freedom. What could bring more freedom than a chance to fly? Women went up in those early wire-and-fabric contraptions to gain independence, to make money, or to make their names as pilots. They sought to prove that women pilots could do just as well as men--and some did far better. Flying High: Pioneer Women in American Aviation tells the story of Blanche Stuart Scott, who made $5,000 a week and broke forty-one bones; of Harriet Quimby, who flew the English Channel handily and then fell to her death in five feet of water near Boston Harbor; of Ruth Law and Katherine Stinson, who set American distance flying records--all before any of them were allowed to vote. Flying High: Pioneer Women in American Aviation also tells the tales of women behind the scenes--the financiers, engineers, and factory workers--from the earliest days of flying to victory in World War II. These stories of the first female flyers are told in rare, vintage photographs, many previously unpublished, from the archives of the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum.

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By the time Blanche Stuart Scott was 13 years old, society could see that she had a cheerful disregard for convention.

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  • Title Flying High: Pioneer Women in American Aviation
  • Author Charles R. Mitchell; Kirk W. House
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 128
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)
  • Date May 28, 2002
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780738510224 / 073851022X
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.26 x 0.34 in (23.37 x 15.90 x 0.86 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Women's Interest
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002102395
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