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Reviewed on November 1, 2023 | Elementary
K-Gr 4—Nancy Harkness, a white teenager from northern Michigan, paid a pilot her weight in pennies for an impromptu airplane ride. The plane's loops and twirls ignited her love for flying and propelled her to earn her pilot's license. With the onset of the Great Depression, she moved to Boston in search of work as a pilot, where she met and married Bob Love. World War II provided Love with the opportunity to work for Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, later the Women Airforce Service...Log In or Sign Up to Read More