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In their own words : forgotten women pilots of early aviation / Fred Erisman.

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Book
Author/Creator:
Erisman, Fred, author.
Contributor:
JSTOR (Online Service)
Series:
Purdue studies in aeronautics and astronautics
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Women air pilots--Biography.
Women air pilots.
Women in aeronautics.
Aeronautics--History.
Aeronautics.
History.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
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Place of Publication:
West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2021]
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Cover
IN THEIR OWN Words
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Aviation Age Takes Shape
I. Harriet Quimby: Birdwomen Gain a Voice, 1910-1912
II. "Machinery Knows No Sex": Ruth Law, the Stinson Sisters, and the Legacy of World War I
III. The Earhart Phenomenon and "The Accident of Sex"
IV. Louise Thaden: Rethinking Flying and Flight
V. Ruth Nichols, the Air-Minded Society, and the Aerial Frontier
VI. Anne Morrow Lindbergh and the Twilight of the Aviation Age
Epilogue: Requiem for the Aviation Age
Notes
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 17, 2020).
Other Format:
Print version: Erisman, Fred In Their Own Words : Forgotten Women Pilots of Early Aviation
ISBN:
9781557539793
1557539790
9781557539809
1557539804
Publisher Number:
40030324453
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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