women air pilots

Profiles a generation of brave and reckless young women who, in the 1920s, were taking to the skies to assert their independence.

A biography of the famous woman pilot who set many records before she was mysteriously lost over the Pacific Ocean in 1937, emphasizing her belief that women could and should do anything they set their minds to.

Tells the life story of aviator Amelia Earhart, covering such aspects as her childhood with her grandmother in Kansas, her marriage to George Putnam and her affair with Gene Vidal, and her time as a nurse and social worker, and includes excerpts from letters written by her navigator, Fred Noonan, during their last flight.

The true story of Katherine Stinson Otero, who, as a young girl, became the fourth American woman licensed to fly; and describes how she used her skills to raise millions of dollars for the Red Cross during World War I.

Examines how astronomer Caroline Herschel, aviator Amy Johnson, and astronaut Sally Ride made significant contributions in the work of their choice despite male prejudice.

Navy pilot Annie Peregrine, having received a message that her father--a con man who left her twenty years earlier--is dying, agrees to help him with one last job in exchange for information about the mother she never knew, and finds herself traveling across the country in search of a statue.

Describes the lives and careers of the sisters Katherine and Marjorie Stinson, pioneers who battled gender discrimination in order to be air pilots.

Kendra Davis, a reporter for her college newspaper, decides to test the truth of an advertisement that claims anyone can be a pilot for twenty dollars, and, much to the dismay of her anxious mother, eschews graduate school to pursue a career as an airline pilot.

Celebrates the progress of women in aviation, from the daring exploits of Edwardian parachutist Dolly Shepherd to Sally Ride and Christa McAuliffe.