[PIONEERS] [WORLD
WAR II] [SPACE FLIGHT] [AMELIA EARHART]
Sisters
of the Wind: Voices of Early Women Aviators,
by Elizabeth S. Bell. Triology, 1994. Soaring
Above Setbacks: The Autobiography of Janet Harmon Bragg, African American Aviator,
by Janet Harmon Bragg, as told to Marjorie M. Kriz. Smithsonian Institution,
1996. Women
with Wings: Female Flyers in Fact & Fiction, by Mary Cadogan. Academy
Chicago, 1992. Jackie
Cochran: An Autobiography, by Jacqueline Cochran & Maryann Bucknum
Brinly. Bantam Books, 1987. Anne
Morrow Lindbergh: Her Life, by Susan Hartog. Talese, 1999. Her
Mentor Was an Albatross: The Autobiography of Pioneer Pilot Harriet Quimby,
by Henry M. Holden. Black Hawk, 1993. The
Powder Puff Derby: The True Story of the First Women's Cross-Country Air Race,
by Gene Nora Jessen. Sourcebooks, 2002. The
Happy Bottom Riding Club: The Life & Times of Pancho Barnes, by Wanda
Langley. Morgan Reynolds, 2006. Women
of the Wind: Early Women Aviators, by Lauren Kessler. RH, 2000. Before
Amelia: Women Pilots in the Early Days of Aviation, by Eileen F. Lebow.
Brasseys, 2002. North
to the Orient, by Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Harcourt, Brace & Co.,
1935. Women
of the Air, by Judy Lomax. Dodd, Mead, 1987. West
With the Night, by Beryl Markham. North Point, 1983. Women
Aloft, by Valerie Moolman. Time-Life, 1981. Jackie
Cochran: Pilot in the Fast Lane, by Doris L. Rich. Univ. Press of FL,
2007. Barefoot
in the Sky: An Autobiography, by Sheila Scott. Macmillan, 1973. Aviatrix,
by Elinor Smith. Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1981. Rising
Above It: An Autobiography, by Edna Gardner Whyte. Orion, 1991. Anne
Morrow Lindbergh: First Lady of the Air, by Kathleen C. Winters. Palgrave,
2006. Voyager,
by Jeana Yeager & Dick Rutan, with Phil Patton. Knopf, 1987.
How aviation's women pioneers explored, set records, and risked their lives
to achieve their dreams in a man's world.
Inspirational story of the first African American woman to earn a full commercial
pilot's license, overcoming every obstacle her race and gender placed in her
path.
A celebration of the achievement of female flyers from 18th century
balloonists to the space age.
Story of a pilot who, at her death, held more speed, altitude & distance
records than any other pilot-male or female. Cochran was the first woman to
break the sound barrier and the first to fly a bomber across the Atlantic.
A portrait of Anne Morrow Lindbergh--loyal wife, devoted mother, pioneering
aviator, and critically acclaimed bestselling author.
This book-which is NOT an autobiography as the title suggests-tells the
story of a fearless and independent women of the Victorian Age who dared to
follow her dreams, becoming the first women in America to receive a pilot's
license to fly and the first woman to fly a monoplane alone across the English
Channel.
How 19 gutsy women risked everything to attain their rightful place in the
male-dominated world of aviation.
Profiles nine women from the early years of flight: Harriet Quimby, the
first American woman to receive a pilot's license; Bessie Coleman, the first
African-American woman pilot; Anne Morrow Lindbergh, wife of Charles Lindbergh;
Katherine Stinson, the first woman to peform a loop; Ruth Law, who smashed the
existing cross-country distance flying record of 452 miles set by Victor Carlstrom
by flying non-stop from Chicago to New York State in 1916; Ruth Nichols, the
only woman yet to hold simultaneous world records for speed, altitude, and distance
for a female pilot.; Louise Thaden, the first woman to win the Bendix Trophy;
and legends Jacqueline Cochran & Amelia Earhart.
The saga of Florence "Pancho" Lowe Barnes (1901--1975)--air racer,
record setter, daredevil, and all-around free spirit who enjoyed disguising
herslef as a man, smoking cigars and seeking adventure.
An engrossing look at the women from around the world who barved the skies
in spite of intense opposition.
An account of the survey flight Anne accompanied her husband-famed aviator,
Charles Lindbergh-on in 1931.
Stirring portrait of the world's greatest heroines of the wild blue yonder.
Autobiography of the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
from east to west.
This lavishly illutrated volume in the "Epic of Flight" series is devoted
to the heroines of the skies, whose passion to fly was no less strong than that
of their male counterparts.
A fresh look at the intelligent, complicated and often abrasive aviator
who rose form humble beginings to achieve the title of America's greatest female
pilot.
Scott was the first pilot to fly solo over the true North Pole in a light
aircraft.
Elinor Smith soloed at the age of 15 and became the youngest licensed pilot
in the country. After attracting natinal attention by flying under the four
New York City bridges, Elinor Smith went on to pilot 158 different models of
aircraft and was named the "Best Woman Pilot" of 1930.
Whyte was an aviator of exceptional skill who taught both military and commercial
pilots how to fly-but was herself denied employment in the field she loved.
A biography of the bright and adventurous writer and diarist who was also
one of the defining figures of American aviation.
Depicts the historic flight of the experimental aircraft and its record-setting
around the world journey on a single load of fuel.
For many years, the contributions of women in the air force during World War II was overlooked. These female pilots flew B-26s when men were afraid to and logged over 6,000,000 miles in the air. As the following list proves, this oversight has been corrected.
Women
Pilots of World War II, by Jean Hascall Cole. Univ. of Utah, 1992.
Amelia
Earhart's Daughters: The Wild & Glorious Story of American Women Aviators
from World War II to the Dawn of the Space Age, by Leslie Haynsworth
& David Toomey. William Morrow, 1998.
Those
Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines: The Unknown Heroines of World War
II, by Sally Van Wagen Keil. Rawson, Wade, 1979.
High
Honor: Recollections by Men and Women of World War II Aviation, by
Stuart Leuthner & Oliver Jensen. Smithsonian Institution, 1989.
A
Dance with Death: Soviet Airwomen in World War II, by Anne Noggle.
Texas A&M, 1994.
Daughter
of the Air: The Brief Soaring Life of Cornelia Fort, by Rob Simbeck.
Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999.
On
Silver Wings: The Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II, 1942-1944,
by Marianne Verges. Ballantine, 1991.
WASPS:
Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II, by Vera S. Williams.
Motorbooks International, 1994.
A
WASP Among Eagles: A Woman Military Test Pilot in World War II,
by Ann B. Carl. Smithsonian Institute, 1999.
A
Journal for Christa: Christa McAuliffe, Teacher in Space, by Grace
George Corrigan. Univ. of Nebraska, 1993.
On 28 January, 1986, Christa McAuliffe, the first teacher in space, died
with her fellow astronauts in the fiery explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.
This memoir was written by her mother.
I
Touch the Future-The Story of Christa McAuliffe, by Robert T. Hohler.
Random House, 1986.
A biography of the woman whose death while reaching for the skies touch
millions.
Almost
Heaven: The Story of Women in Space, by Bettyann Kevles. Basic, 2003.
The fascinating tale of space-faring women, from Valentina Tereshkova to
Kalpana Chawla.
Promised
the Moon: The Untold Story of the First Woman in the Space Race, by
Stephanie Nolan. Four Walls, Eight Windows, 2003.
Chronicles NASA's secret all-female astronaut program that trained 13 women
in the early 1960s to be Mercury astronauts until it was unexpectedly abandoned
as a result institutional sexism and a strong antifemale bias.
Lost
Star: The Search for Amelia Earhart, by Randall Brink. Norton, 1994.
Winged
Legend: The Story of Amelia Earhart, by John Burke. G. P. Putnam's
Sons, 1970.
East
to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart, by Susan Butler. Addison-Wesley,
1997.
Last
Flight, by Amelia Earhart, arranged by George Palmer Putnam. Harcourt,
Brace & Co., 1937.
Amelia
Earhart's Shoes: Is the Mystery Solved?, by Thomas F. King et al. AltaMira,
2001.
Amelia
Earhart: The Final Story, by Vincent Loomis, with Jeffrey Ethell. Random
House, 1985.
Amelia
Earhart: The Mystery Solved, by Elgen M. Long & Marie K. Long. Simon & Schuster,
1999.
The
Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart, Mary S. Lovell. St. Martin's,
1989.
Amelia
Earhart, by Carol Ann Pearce. Facts on File, 1988.
Soaring
Wings: A Biography of Amelia Earhart, by George Palmer Putnam. Harcourt,
Brace & Co., 1939.
Amelia
Earhart: A Biography, by Doris L. Rich. Smithsonian Institution, 1989.
The
Disappearance of Amelia Earhart, by Gordon Theisen. Lebhar-Friedman,
2001.
Amelia
Earhart: The Sky's the Limit, by Lori Van Pelt. Forge, 2005.
Still
Missing: Amelia Earhart & the Search for Modern Feminism, by Susan
Ware. Norton, 1993.
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