Women Aviators: 26 Stories of Pioneer Flights, Daring Missions, and Record-Setting Journeys

By GIBSON, Karen Bush

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978-1-61374-540-3
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Chicago Review Press


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Reviewed on July 1, 2013  |  Nonfiction

Gr 7–10—At a time when flight schools did not accept female students, women paid for private lessons and persevered to overcome prejudice and mistaken beliefs that they were not strong enough or intelligent enough to fly airplanes. Five of the first six licensed women pilots were French, with the first one being Raymonde de Laroche in March 1910. The following year, photojournalist and wor...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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