Women in Aviation

 

African-American Aviators : Bessie Coleman, William J. Powell, James Herman Banning, Benjamin O. Davis Jr., General Daniel James Jr
by Stanley P. Jones, L. Octavia Tripp
Reading level: Ages 9-12
School & Library Binding - 48 pages (March )
Capstone Press; ISBN: 1560656964

Amelia Earhart - The Centennial Biography of an Aviation Pioneer
by Nancy Shore, Matina S. Horner (Designer)
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Amelia Earhart's Daughters : The Wild and Glorious Story of American Women Aviators from World War II to the Dawn of the Space Age
by Leslie Haynsworth, David M. Toomey 
Paperback - 336 pages 1st perenn edition (May 30, )
Harperperennial Library; ISBN: 0380729849

Anne Morrow Lindbergh : Her Life
by Susan Hertog, Tina Pohlman (Editor)
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Clipped Wings : The Rise and Fall of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of World War II
by Molly Merryman
Hardcover - 272 pages 
New York Univ Pr; ISBN: 0814755674
 

Before Amelia: Women Pilots in the Early Days of Aviation by Eileen F. Lebow Paperback from Potomac Books Inc.

U S WOMEN IN AVIATION 1919-29 PA by KATHLEEN BROOKS-PAZMANY Paperback from Smithsonian

Encyclopedia of Women in Aviation and Space by Rosanne Welch Library Binding from ABC-CLIO

Come Fly With Us: A Global History of the Airline Hostess by Michael Waldock, Johanna Omelia Hardcover from Collectors Press

Call Sign Revlon : The Life and Death of Navy Fighter Pilot Kara Hultgreen
by Sally Spears
Hardcover - 320 pages 1557 edition (November )
United States Naval Inst.; ISBN: 1557508097
 

Daughter of the Air : Brief Soaring Life of Cornelia Fort Rob Simbeck With her passion for flying and a lust for life, Cornelia Fort--like Beryl Markham and Amelia Earhart--came to personify the life of a female pilot. In this dramatic and riveting biography, Rob Simbeck interweaves Fort's own eloquent letters and diaries, historical documents, and the interviews of those who knew and flew with her to create a vivid portrait of a courageous woman. Cornelia was killed during WWII. Paperback - 272 pages 1 Pbk Ed edition (May 10, ) Grove Press; ISBN: 0802137911

Women and Flight : Portraits of Contemporary Women Pilots by Carolyn Russo, Dorothy Cochrane (Introduction) Hardcover - 192 pages (April ) Bulfinch Press; ISBN: 082122168X

First Lady of the Air : The Harriet Quimby Story
by Sterling Brown 
Hardcover - 64 pages 1 Ed edition (March )
Tudor Publishers; ISBN: 0936389494

Up in the Air : The Story of Bessie Coleman
by Philip S. Hart, Barbara O'Connor
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback - 80 pages 
Carolrhoda Books; ISBN: 0876149786

Pancho : The Biography of Florence Lowe Barnes
by Barbara Hunter Schultz
Paperback - 243 pages 
Little Buttes Publishing Company; ISBN: 0965218104
 

The Happy Bottom Riding Club : The Life and Times of Pancho Barnes by Lauren Kessler Hardcover - 320 pages (May 23, ) Random House; ISBN: 037550124X

Jacqueline Cochran America's Fearless Aviator
by Nina McGuire, Sandra Wallus Sammons 
Paperback - 72 pages 
Tailored Tours Pubn; ISBN: 0963124161
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The Lady and the Tigers: Remembering the Flying Tigers of World War II
by Olga Greenlaw, Daniel Ford
Olga Greenlaw was the only female pilot of the group that defended Rangoon, the Burma Road and China in the early days of the Second World War.
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On Wings to War : Teresa James, Aviator
by Jan Churchill
Paperback (June 1992)
Sunflower University Press; ISBN: 0897451309
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Hazel Jane Raines Pioneer Lady of Flight
by Regina Trice Hawkins
Hardcover - 217 pages (November )
Mercer Univ Pr; ISBN: 0865545324

A Wasp Among Eagles : A Woman Military Test Pilot in World War II
by Ann B. Carl
(Paperback)

A Dance With Death : Soviet Airwomen in World War II
by Anne Noggle, Christine A. White (Introduction)
Hardcover - 318 pages 
Texas A&M University Press; ISBN: 089096601X

Managing Martians
by Donna Shirley et al.
Donna Shirley dreamed of going to Mars since she was a starstruck kid in Oklahoma, reading science fiction and staring up at the big Western sky. Managing Martians chronicles her life from flight-obsessed childhood to the realization of her dream as manager of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Mars Exploration Program--the people who sent Pathfinder and the rover Sojourner to the red planet in 1997.
Listed under Women in Space

Daring Lady Flyers : Canadian Women in the Early Years of Aviation
by Joyce Spring
Paperback (April )
Pottersfield Pr; ISBN: 091900184X
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Night Witches : The Untold Story of Soviet Women in Combat
by Bruce Myles
Paperback - 272 pages 3 edition
Academy Chicago Pub; ISBN: 0897332881

She's Just Another Navy Pilot: An Aviator's Sea Journal
by Loree Draude Hirschman, Dave Hirschman (Contributor)
Hardcover: 264 pages
Naval Institute Press; ISBN: 1557503354; (May 12, )

Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines : The Unknown Heroines of World War Two
by Sally Van Wagenen Keil
Hardcover - 418 pages 
Four Directions Pr; ISBN: 0962765902

Wings, Women, and War : Soviet Airwomen in World War II Combat
(Modern War Studies)
by Reina Pennington, John Erickson 
Hardcover: 312 pages
Univ Pr of Kansas; ISBN: 0700611452; 

Women and Flight : Portraits of Contemporary Women Pilots
Carolyn Russo, et al 
Hardcover

Women Aviators (American Profiles)
Lisa Yount
Hardcover
 

Women Aviators: From Amelia Earhart to Sally Ride, Making History in Air and Space by Bernard Marck Hardcover from Flammarion 2009-10-20

Amelia Earhart's Daughters: The Wild And Glorious Story Of American Women Aviators From World War II To The Dawn Of The Space Age by Leslie Haynsworth, David Toomey Paperback from Harper Paperbacks -05-30

Sisters of the Wind: Voices of Early Women Aviators by Elizabeth S. Bell Paperback from Trilogy Publications

Women Aviators (American Profiles) by Lisa Yount Hardcover from Facts on File

Silver Wings: NZ Women Aviato: New Zealand Women Aviators by Laine Paperback from Grantham House Publishing

Storming the Skies: The Story of Katherine and Marjorie Stinson, Pioneer Women Aviators (Avisson Young Adult Series) by Ellen Hopkins Paperback from Avisson Press Inc

Women of the Wind: Early Women Aviators (Women Adventurers) by Wanda Langley Library Binding from Morgan Reynolds Publishing

Coming Out Right: The Story of Jacqueline Cochran, the First Woman Aviator to Break the Sound Barrier by Elizabeth Simpson Smith Hardcover from Walker & Company

The Story of Amy Johnson: Pioneering Woman Aviator (Literacy 2000 Stage 8) by Janet Stott-Thornton Paperback from Rigby

Famous Women Aviators (Dover Pictorial Archives) by Bruce LaFontaine Paperback from Dover Publications

The Magnificent Moisants : Champions of Early Flight
by Doris L. Rich
Among the most flamboyant of aviation's pioneers was the Moisant family. Mathilde Moisant was one of the earliest of licensed women pilots. Amelia Earhart biographer Doris L. Rich draws on family interviews and long buried records to revive the Moisants' many adventures both in the air and on the ground.
Listed under Aviation Pioneers
 

Yankee Doodle Gals : Women Pilots Of World War II by Amy Nathan Book Description: Here is the fascinating story of the first women to fly U.S. military aircraft—the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of World War II. Although these pioneers were never allowed to fly in combat, they did fly in many essential wartime missions—some that the men didn’t even want to take on. Through firsthand accounts, these women share their experiences as they test-fly newly repaired aircraft, drag banners behind their planes so male trainees can practice shooting moving targets (!), and ferry all kinds of aircraft from factories to military bases. Their courage, determination, and lively camaraderie make every page inspiring and surprising. Yankee Doodle Gals will give today’s young people a new look at World War II and show them just how dramatically society has changed since then. Hardcover from National Geographic

Beryl Markham

"Like a comet passing through the firmament she lit up all around her. None who came into contact with her could fail to recognize the genius of a truly remarkable person." 
George Bathurst Norman
 

West With the Night by Beryl Markham  Born in England in 1902, Markham was taken by her father to East Africa in 1906. She spent her childhood playing with native Maruni children and apprenticing with her father as a trainer and breeder of racehorses. In the1930s, she became an African bush pilot, and in September 1936, became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west. Amazon.com Paperback - 294 pages (February 1985) North Point Press; ISBN: 0865471185

The Lives of Beryl Markham
by Errol Trzebinski
Concentrating more on the pilot's affairs of the heart rather than her achievements in aviation, the book explores Markham's relationship with Finch Hatton for whose affections she vied with Karen Blixen. Db.
Paperback Reprint edition (March )
W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 0393312526

Beryl Markham : Never Turn Back (Barnard Biography Series)
by Catherine Gourley, Rosellen Brown
Paperback - 160 pages (March )
Conari Pr; ISBN: 1573240737

Straight On Til Morning
Mary S. Lovell
A biography of Beryl Markham
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Splendid Outcast : Beryl Markham's African Stories
by Beryl Markham, Mary S. Lovell (Compiler)
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Hanna Reitsch

Hanna Reitch was a woman who must rank among the world's most extraordinary pilots.

Best known as an ardent supporter of Hitler, her contributions to aviation have been overshadowed.

Hanna, among her many achievements, she was the first woman to pilot a helicopter. She was the first rocket pilot. She flew a glider over the Alps not once but many times and at the age of 65 did it again, establishing a world record in the process. She flew a Storch into beleaguered Berlin, landed near the Brandenburg Gate and visited Hitler in his Bunker.

The Sky My Kingdom
by Hanna Reitsch 
(Paperback)
Out of Print
 

From Nazi Test Pilot to Hitler's Bunker by Dennis Piszkiewicz This is the amazing story of Hanna Reitsch, one of the most celebrated women of the Third Reich. As a decorated test pilot for the Luftwaffe and a protege of Hitler, Reitsch was one of a handful of women who achieved personal success by breaking from the traditionaly defined role of wife and mother in Nazi Germany. Amazon.com Hardcover - 168 pages  Praeger Pub Trade; ISBN: 0275954560

Hanna Reitsch: Flying for the Fatherland.
by Lomax, Judy. 
Murray, Lond, 1st (1988)
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Women in Air War: The Eastern Front of World War II
by Kazimiera J. Cottam
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Rare and Out of Print Books

Katherine Stinson: The Flying Schoolgirl
by Debra L. Winegarten
Book Description Flying was a dangerous pursuit in 1912, and many would-be pilots were killed. But Katherine Stinson was determined to fly. Because she was a woman, she constantly had to prove herself. Defying expectations, she quickly became a pioneer of the skies. This long-overdue book features stunning photographs of Stinson, who racked up many “firsts”—first precision flyer, first to do preflight inspections, and first to fly solo at night. She also invented night skywriting, amazed audiences...
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Queen of the Air : The Story of Katherine Stinson
by Mary C. Powell et al.
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Christa McAuliffe : Pioneer Space Teacher 
by Charlene W. Billings 
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Encyclopedia of Women in Aviation and Space
by Rosanne Welch
Library Binding - 286 pages (November 1, )
ABC-CLIO; ISBN: 0874369584
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Jean Batten : The Garbo of the Skies
by Ian Mackersey
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I Live to Fly 
by Jacqueline Auriol 
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Amy Johnson (Profile Series)
by Eva Bailey 
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My God! It's a Woman
by Nancy Bird Walton
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Soaring Above Setbacks; Autobiography of Janet Harmon Bragg
by Janet Harmon Bragg
Hardcover (April )
Smithsonian Institute Press; ISBN: 1560984589
Janet Harmon Bragg, the first African American woman to earn a full commercial pilot's license, recalls a life of multi-faceted achievement, in which every obstacle was seen as a challenge.
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In the Sky Above the Front : A Collection of Memoirs of Soviet Airwomen Participants in the Great Patriotic War
by K.J. Cottam (Editor)
Spiral-bound Photocopy edition (June 1984)
Journal of the West; ISBN: 0891261265
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Winning My Wings : A Woman Airforce Service Pilot in World War II
by Marion Stegeman Hodgson
Hardcover 
United States Naval Inst.; ISBN: 1557503648
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