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Valentina Grizodubova
Facts about a Soviet woman pilot and world-record-holder, and the American women who recreated her flight in 1998.

Women in Aviation - Timeline - Pilots - Flying
Flying women: timeline of women pilots and other women in the air - chronology of female record holders.

About Ruth Nichols
You've heard of Amelia Earhart, but how about Ruth Nichols? She held more than 35 women's flying records.

Harriet Quimby
A biography of Harriet Quimby, the first woman licensed as a pilot in the United States, whose flamboyant style added to her popularity as an exhibition flyer.

Harriet Quimby Quotes
Quotes by Harriet Quimby - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.

Juanita Pritchard Bailey
Juanita Pritchard Bailey, the "flying beautician," ran a beauty parlor to support her early flying adventures. In World War II she flew for the Civil Air Patrol, and later served as a ferry pilot delivering planes.

Bessie Coleman
Coleman, featured on a 32-cent US postage stamp, was not only the first woman to earn an International Aviation license but the first licensed black aviator.

Bessie Coleman: Queen Bess
Article on the life and achievements of Bessie Coleman, the first black female pilot, flying from 1921 until her untimely death in 1926 falling from her plane in flight.

Heroine Worship: Amelia Earhart
New York Times online article, including video clip and link to 1937 article from about Earhart's disappearance.

International Women's Air & Space Museum
Online home of International Women's Air & Space Museum, this site includes information about the museum and events at the museum, plus a few aviation and space information pages. The Museum is located at Burke Lakefront Airport, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Amy Johnson
Well known British woman pilot, she was (among other achievements) the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia. She died ferrying aircraft in WWII.

Nachthexem (Night Witches): Russian Women Pilots
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration site honors the Russian women pilots of World War II with this article by Phyllis-Anne Duncan.

Ninety-Nines
The organization, representing licensed women pilots worldwide, is named for its 99 charter members, including its first president, Amelia Earhart.

Soviet Women Pilots in the Great Patriotic War
Site honors women pilots of World War II. Includes biographies of many individuals, information on their aircraft, and links. Music on site.

Women in Aviation
Kelli Grant outlines briefly the contributions of women to aviation history, from Blanche Scott in 1910 to Lt. Col. Eileen Marie Collins in 1995.

Women in Aviation: History
A student web project, with biographies of many women in aviation: pilots and astronauts.

Women in Conflict: Nationalism or Patriotism?
Soviet women fought in World War II for both emotional reasons (nationalism) and ideological reasons (patriotism). Focus is on women pilots.

Women's Royal Air Force
Well hyperlinked article about women in the British Air Force during World War I, up to 1939.

Olive Ann Beech
Olive Ann Beech was a founder of Beech aircraft with her husband, and took control of the firm after her husband's death. With the help of her daughters, this exhibit was created that emphasizes how she was able to be seen as an executive in a man's world. This is a video presentation, so you'll see many of the objects in the exhibit.