Flying High: Pioneer Women in American Aviation

by Charles R. Mitchell and Kirk W. House

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 073851022X
• ISBN13: 9780738510224
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"