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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Gibson, Karen Bush.     Subjects     Women air pilots -- Biography -- Juvenile literature     Women air pilots -- History -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Gibson, Karen Bush.       by title:      Women aviators : 26 ...         MARC Display

Women aviators : 26 stories of pioneer flights, daring missions, and record-setting journeys / Karen Bush Gibson. by Gibson, Karen Bush. Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, c2013. Subjects Women air pilots -- Biography -- Juvenile literature   Women air pilots -- History -- Juvenile literature. ISBN:  9781613745403 (cloth) 1613745400 (cloth) Series:  Women of action (Chicago, Ill.) Description:  234 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Edition:  1st ed. Contents:  PART I: Pioneers of aviation. -- Baroness de Laroche: "Bird Woman" -- Harriet Quimby: First woman to fly across the English Channel -- Bessie Coleman: Queen Bess -- Neta Snook: The woman who taught Amelia to fly -- PART II: The golden age of flight. -- Amelia Earhart: The most famous female aviator in the world -- Louise Thaden: Women's Air Derby winner -- Bobbi Trout: From service station to airfield -- Elinor Smith: The Flying Flapper of Freeport -- Edna Gardner Whyte: Nothing could stop her from flying -- Katherine Cheung: The first licensed Asian American woman pilot -- Beryl Markham: African bush pilot crosses Atlantic -- Willa Brown: Integrating the US Armed Forces -- PART III: Wartime and military flying. -- Jacqueline Cochran: Women pilots can make a difference -- Violet Cowden: Determined WASP -- Valentina Grizodubova: The Soviet Amelia Earhart -- Hanna Reitsch: The world's first female test pilot -- PART IV: All part of the job. -- Pancho Barnes: Stunt flyer extraordinaire -- Lynn Rippelmeyer & Beverly Burns: Airline pilot captains -- Wally Funk: Air safety investigator -- Patty Wagstaff: Aerobatic firefighter -- Ingrid Pedersen: Polar bush pilot -- PART V: Making a difference. -- Ruth Nichols: Relief Wings in times of disaster -- Fay Gillis Wells: Promoting world friendship through flying -- Jennifer Murray: Helicopter flying for charity -- Ida Van Smith: Teaching children to fly -- Jerrie Cobb: Missionary pilot. Requests:  0 Summary:  Profiles the lives and careers of twenty-six women who were pioneers in the field of aviation. Audience:  12+   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Mililani Public Library YA -- Nonfiction 629.13092 Gi Checked In Add Copy to MyList Nanakuli Public Library YA -- Nonfiction 629.13092 Gi Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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