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Author | : Alain Pelletier |
Publisher | : Haynes Publishing UK |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012-11-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780857332578 |
This book traces the careers of these exceptional female pilots from all over the world, from the first woman to board a plane, to the accomplished pilots and astronauts of today. Includes biographies on both the well-known and unknown, this book focuses not only on the pilots themselves, but also on those who worked on the ground; engineers, heads of enterprise and nurses, to name a few. It features 50 illustrated biographies and over 400 photographs, all in a well-designed and attractive package. This inspiring book provides outstanding coverage of the history of female aviators.
Author | : Eve Branson |
Publisher | : AuthorHouse |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2013-01-16 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1477245839 |
Eve Bransons life reads like a fast-paced adventure novel. A classically trained ballet dancer, she appeared in racy West End productions, disguised herself as a boy to take glider lessons, enlisted in the Womens Royal Navy Service, and then embarked on a series of harrowing adventures as a Star Girl air hostess on the ill-fated British South American Airways. Though marrying the dashing ex-Cavalry officer, Edward Ted Branson, brought her down to earth to raise three children, Eves quest for adventure never faltered. After running several businesses, traveling the world, and doing global charity work, Eve is preparing to launch the first commercial space travelers to the edge of space in a Virgin Galactic mother ship that bears her name. In this lively, absorbing memoir part diary, part adventure story, part family history Eve Bransons formidable energy propels the reader through an extraordinary life. Along the way, she divulges some of the unorthodox but effective trade secrets behind raising one of the worlds most colourful entrepreneurs.
Author | : Jerome M. Mileur |
Publisher | : University of Missouri Press |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0826271782 |
"Mileur provides a game-by-game account of the 1942 St. Louis Cardinals, world champions and the winningest team in franchise history. He recounts the team's close pennant race against the Brooklyn Dodgers and World Series victory over the New York Yankees, while conveying the physical and mental demands on the players within the context of wartime America"--Provided by publisher.
Author | : Keith O'Brien |
Publisher | : Clarion Books |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1328618420 |
From NPR correspondent O' Brien comes this thrilling Young Readers' edition that celebrates a little-known slice of history wherein tenacious, trailblazing women braved all obstacles to achieve greatness in the skies. Photos.
Author | : Browne Barr |
Publisher | : Harper San Francisco |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780866839006 |
Author | : Michelle Meadows |
Publisher | : Henry Holt and Company (BYR) |
Total Pages | : 23 |
Release | : 2020-12-29 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1250819946 |
A lyrical picture book biography of Simone Biles, gymnastics champion and Olympic superstar. Before she was a record-breaking gymnast competing on the world stage, Simone Biles spent time in foster care as a young child. Nimble and boundlessly energetic, she cherished every playground and each new backyard. When she was six years old, Simone's family took shape in a different way. Her grandparents Ron and Nellie Biles adopted Simone and her sister Adria. Ron and Nellie became their parents. Simone was also introduced to gymnastics that same year, launching a lifelong passion fueled by remarkable talent, sacrifice, and the undying support of her family. From her athletic early childhood to the height of her success as an Olympic champion, Flying High is the story of the world's greatest gymnast from author Michelle Meadows and illustrator Ebony Glenn.
Author | : Ignatia Broker |
Publisher | : Minnesota Historical Society Press |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 2008-10-14 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0873516869 |
In the accounts of the lives of several generations of Ojibway people in Minnesota is much information about their history and culture.
Author | : James Tooley |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1566635446 |
Girls and boys are different. So why do our schools insist on treating them as identical? Bringing together many women's voices, from Bridget Jones to Simone de Beauvoir, Betty Friedan to Germaine Greer, Mr. Tooley challenges education's sacred cows, demanding a radical rethinking of sexual politics and a fairer way forward for women. "This book is...carefully wrought to engage readers who might be coming from very different directions."-Times Educational Supplement.
Author | : Charles R. Mitchell |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2002-05-28 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1439611513 |
In the beginning of the twentieth century, women were demanding more freedom. What could bring more freedom than a chance to fly? Women went up in those early wire-and-fabric contraptions to gain independence, to make money, or to make their names as pilots. They sought to prove that women pilots could do just as well as menand some did far better. Flying High: Pioneer Women in American Aviation tells the story of Blanche Stuart Scott, who made $5,000 a week and broke forty-one bones; of Harriet Quimby, who flew the English Channel handily and then fell to her death in five feet of water near Boston Harbor; of Ruth Law and Katherine Stinson, who set American distance flying recordsall before any of them were allowed to vote. Flying High: Pioneer Women in American Aviation also tells the tales of women behind the scenesthe financiers, engineers, and factory workersfrom the earliest days of flying to victory in World War II. These stories of the first female flyers are told in rare, vintage photographs, many previously unpublished, from the archives of the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum.
Author | : Su Maddock |
Publisher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 1999-06-29 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1849206740 |
This book offers a radical reassessment of organizational forces for change and barriers encountered by the `challenging women′ - senior women managers faced with the task of transforming their organizations. Much has been written about women at work, the `glass ceiling′ and discriminatory employment practices. This study is seminal in the linkage it makes between gender, innovation and organizational transformation. The book highlights the implications of this for all types of organizations and women managers everywhere.