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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
Brassey's, Inc.,
©2002.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 315 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-302) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781612342252 1612342256 |