Fly girls : how five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history
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Published
Boston : Mariner Books, 2019.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xiv, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
1328592790, 9781328592798
Accelerated Reader
MG+
Level 6.4, 8 Points
Lexile measure
910

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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-327) and index.
Description
Between the world wars, no sport was more popular, or more dangerous, than airplane racing. Thousands of fans flocked to multi-day events, and cities vied with one another to host them. The pilots themselves were hailed as dashing heroes who cheerfully stared death in the face. Well, the men were hailed. Female pilots were more often ridiculed than praised for what the press portrayed as silly efforts to horn in on a manly, and deadly, pursuit. Keith O'Brien recounts how a cadre of women banded together to break the original glass ceiling: the entrenched prejudice that conspired to keep them out of the sky. O'Brien weaves together the stories of five remarkable women: Florence Klingensmith, a high-school dropout who worked for a dry cleaner in Fargo, North Dakota; Ruth Elder, an Alabama divorcee; Amelia Earhart, the most famous, but not necessarily the most skilled; Ruth Nichols, who chafed at the constraints of her blue-blood family's expectations; and Louise Thaden, the mother of two young kids who got her start selling coal in Wichita. Together, they fought for the chance to race against the men -- and in 1936, one of them would triumph in the toughest race of all.
Target Audience
910L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG+,6.4,8,503238.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

O'Brien, K. (2019). Fly girls: how five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history (First Mariner Books edition.). Mariner Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

O'Brien, Keith, 1973-. 2019. Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History. Mariner Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

O'Brien, Keith, 1973-. Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History Mariner Books, 2019.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

O'Brien, Keith. Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History First Mariner Books edition., Mariner Books, 2019.

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