Women in planes: record-breaking pilots in war and peace. Amelia Earhart, Bessie Coleman and more.
Flying women: timeline of women pilots and other women in the air - chronology of female record holders.
Jerrie Cobb, a woman pilot, was the first woman to pass NASA astronaut training tests. Why she did not become an astronaut is a story of its time.
Valentina Grizodubova biography - facts about a Soviet woman pilot and world-record-holder, and a bit about the American women who recreated her flight in 1998.
Biography of Ruth Nichols, woman aviator, holder of more than 35 records for women pilots.
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.
Quotes by Harriet Quimby - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
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.
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.
New York Times online article, including video clip and link to 1937 article from about Earhart's disappearance.
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.
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.
The organization, representing licensed women pilots worldwide, is named for its
99 charter members, including its first president, Amelia Earhart.
Site honors women pilots of World War II. Includes biographies of many individuals, information on their aircraft, and links. Music on site.
Kelli Grant outlines briefly the contributions of women to aviation history, from Blanche Scott in 1910 to Lt. Col. Eileen Marie Collins in 1995.
A student web project, with biographies of many women in aviation: pilots and astronauts.
Soviet women fought in World War II for both emotional reasons (nationalism) and ideological reasons (patriotism). Focus is on women pilots.
Well hyperlinked article about women in the British Air Force during World War I, up to 1939.
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.
