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American Women and Flight since 1940 [electronic resource].

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (372 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813148298
  • 0813148294
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: American Women and Flight since 1940.DDC classification:
  • 629.13/092/273 21
LOC classification:
  • TL539
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: Can Women Fly? American Women in Aviation during World War II; 1. Students and Teachers, Clubs and Colleges: Women in Civilian Aviation Organizations; 2. Coffee, Grease, Blueprints, and Rivets: Women at Work in the Aviation Industry; 3. Daughters of Minerva: Military Women in Aviation; 4. Nieces of Uncle Sam: The Women's Airforce Service Pilots; PART II: Should Women Fly? American Women in Aviation during the Second Half of the Twentieth Century; 5. Demobilization and the Postwar Transition: 1945-1949.
6. ""The Feminine Mystique"" and Aviation: The 1950s7. The Impact of the Women's Rights Movement: The 1960s; 8. Women with the ""Right Stuff"": The 1970s; 9. Captains of Industry, Airlines, and the Military: 1980-1992; 10. New World Order? 1992-2000; Epilogue; Appendices: Statistics for American Women and Flight; Notes; Glossary of Abbreviations; A; B; C; D; F; I; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; W; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y.
Summary: Women run wind tunnel experiments, direct air traffic, and fabricate airplanes. American women have been involved with flight from the beginning, but until 1940, most people believed women could not fly, that Amelia Earhart was an exception to the rule. World War II changed everything. ""It is on the record thatwomen can fly as well as men, "" stated General Henry H. Arnold, commanding general of the Army Air Forces. The question became ""Should women fly?"" Deborah G. Douglas tells the story of this ongoing debate and its impact on American history. From Jackie Cochran, whose perseverance led.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: Can Women Fly? American Women in Aviation during World War II; 1. Students and Teachers, Clubs and Colleges: Women in Civilian Aviation Organizations; 2. Coffee, Grease, Blueprints, and Rivets: Women at Work in the Aviation Industry; 3. Daughters of Minerva: Military Women in Aviation; 4. Nieces of Uncle Sam: The Women's Airforce Service Pilots; PART II: Should Women Fly? American Women in Aviation during the Second Half of the Twentieth Century; 5. Demobilization and the Postwar Transition: 1945-1949.

6. ""The Feminine Mystique"" and Aviation: The 1950s7. The Impact of the Women's Rights Movement: The 1960s; 8. Women with the ""Right Stuff"": The 1970s; 9. Captains of Industry, Airlines, and the Military: 1980-1992; 10. New World Order? 1992-2000; Epilogue; Appendices: Statistics for American Women and Flight; Notes; Glossary of Abbreviations; A; B; C; D; F; I; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; W; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y.

Women run wind tunnel experiments, direct air traffic, and fabricate airplanes. American women have been involved with flight from the beginning, but until 1940, most people believed women could not fly, that Amelia Earhart was an exception to the rule. World War II changed everything. ""It is on the record thatwomen can fly as well as men, "" stated General Henry H. Arnold, commanding general of the Army Air Forces. The question became ""Should women fly?"" Deborah G. Douglas tells the story of this ongoing debate and its impact on American history. From Jackie Cochran, whose perseverance led.

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