Langley, Wanda.

Women of the wind : early women aviators / Wanda Langley. - 1st ed. - Greensboro, N.C. : Morgan Reynolds Pub., c2006. - 160 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-157) and index.

Harriet Quimby -- Katherine Stinson -- Ruth Law -- Bessie Coleman -- Ameila Earhart -- Ruth Nichols -- Louise Thaden -- Anne Morrow Lindgergh -- Jacquueline Cochran.

School Library Journal, February 2006 Booklist, February 2006

Contains biographical profiles of nine women pilots from the early years of flight, including Harriet Quimby, the first American woman to receive a pilot's license; Bessie Coleman, the first African-American woman pilot; Anne Morrow Lindbergh, wife of Charles Lindbergh and record-setting pilot in her own right; and legendary adventurer Amelia Earhart.

8.2 5-8 Follett Library Resources

1931798818

2005022951


Air pilots--Biography.
Women--Biography.

TL539 / .L28 2006

629.13/092/273 B 629.13/092/273