Before Amelia :: women pilots in the early days of aviation /

Before Amelia is the remarkable story of the worldÆs women pioneer aviators who braved the skies during the early days of flight. While most books have only examined the women aviators of a single country, Eileen Lebow looks at an international spectrum of pilots and their influence on each other. T...

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1. Verfasser: Lebow, Eileen F.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, Inc., ©2002.
Ausgabe:1st ed.
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Zusammenfassung:Before Amelia is the remarkable story of the worldÆs women pioneer aviators who braved the skies during the early days of flight. While most books have only examined the women aviators of a single country, Eileen Lebow looks at an international spectrum of pilots and their influence on each other. The story begins with Raymonde de Laroche, a French woman who became the first licensed female pilot in 1909. De Laroche, Lydia Zvereva, Melli Beese, Hilda Hewlitt, Harriet Quimby, and the other women pilots profiled here rose above contemporary gender stereotypes and proved their ability to fly the.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 315 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-302) and index.
ISBN:9781612342252
1612342256

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