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010 $a2017058447
020 $a9781328876645 (hbk.) :$cNT$980
040 $aTWTNM$beng$dTWTNM
082 04$a629.1309$222
100 1 $aO'Brien, Keith,$d1973-.
245 10$aFly girls :$bhow five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history /$cKeith O'Brien.
260 $aBoston, MA :$bHoughton Mifflin Harcourt,$cc2018.
300 $axiv, 338 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill., ports. ;$c24 cm.
500 $aAn Eamon Dolan Book.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe miracle of Wichita -- Devotedly, Ruth -- Real and natural, every inch -- The fortune of the air -- The fairest of the brave and the bravest of the fair -- Flying salesgirls -- The right sort of girl -- City of destiny -- If thisis to be a derby -- There is only one Cleveland -- Good eggs -- Mr. Putnam and me -- Law of fate -- Give a girl credit -- Grudge flight -- Spetakkel -- All things being equal -- That's what I think of wives flying -- They'll be in our hair-- Playing hunches -- A woman couldn't win -- The top of the hill.
520 $aKeith O'Brien weaves together the stories of five remarkable women: Florence Klingensmith, a high school dropout who worked for a dry cleaner in Fargo, North Dakota; Ruth Elder, an Alabama housewife; Amelia Earhart, the most famous,but not necessarily the most skilled; Ruth Nichols, who chafed at the constraints of her blue blood family's expectations; and Louise Thaden, the mother of two young kids who got her start selling coal in Wichita, Kansas. Together they fought for the chance to race against the men--and in 1936 one of them would triumph in the toughest race of all.
650 0$aWomen air pilots$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0$aAir shows$zUnited States$xHistory.