Fly girls : how five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history
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Physical Desc
xiv, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 8
Status
Adult Nonfiction / HISTORY
940.5449 / OBRIE, K / fly girl
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Air shows -- United States -- History.
Airplane racing -- United States.
Bendix Trophy Race -- (1936)
Biographies.
Earhart, Amelia, -- 1897-1937.
Elder, Ruth, -- 1902-1977.
Klingensmith, Florence Gunderson, -- 1904-1933.
Nichols, Ruth, -- 1901-1960.
Thaden, Louise McPhetridge, -- 1905-1979.
Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
Airplane racing -- United States.
Bendix Trophy Race -- (1936)
Biographies.
Earhart, Amelia, -- 1897-1937.
Elder, Ruth, -- 1902-1977.
Klingensmith, Florence Gunderson, -- 1904-1933.
Nichols, Ruth, -- 1901-1960.
Thaden, Louise McPhetridge, -- 1905-1979.
Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
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Book
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
MG+
Level 6.4, 8 Points
Level 6.4, 8 Points
Notes
General Note
"An Eamon Dolan Book."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-327) and index.
Description
"Keith 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 housewife; 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, Kansas. 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."--Dust jacket flap.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
O'Brien, K. Fly girls: how five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history .
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)O'Brien, Keith, 1973-. Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History. .
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 .
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)O'Brien, Keith. Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History
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