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Aviation and Space Exploration
Recommended books:
Encyclopedia of Women in Aviation and Space
by Rosanne Welch
Amelia Earhart's Daughters : The Wild and Glorious Story of American Women Aviators from World War II to the Dawn of the Space Age
by Leslie Haynsworth, Lelie Haynsworth, David M. Toomey
A Dance With Death : Soviet Airwomen in World War II
by Anne Noggle, Christine A. White (Introduction)
Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines : The Unknown Heroines of World War Two
by Sally Van Wagenen Keil
Women and Flight : Portraits of Contemporary Women Pilots
by Carolyn Russo, Dorothy Cochrane (Introduction)
Born Before 20th Century:
Harriet Quimby
, 1875-1912 (U.S.A.)
Harriet Quimby on a U.S. Airmail stamp
First Lady of the Air : The Harriet Quimby Story
by Sterling Brown
Mary Bailey
, 1890-1960 (Great Britain)
Katherine and Marjorie Stinson
, 1891-1977 and 1895-1975, respectively (U.S.A.)
Another profile
Queen of the Air : The Story of Katherine Stinson
by Mary C. Powell et al.
Bessie Coleman
, 1893-1926 (U.S.A.: TX, IL)
Another biography
Up in the Air : The Story of Bessie Coleman
by Philip S. Hart, Barbara O'Connor
African-American Aviators : Bessie Coleman, William J. Powell, James Herman Banning, Benjamin O. Davis Jr., General Daniel James Jr
by Stanley P. Jones, L. Octavia Tripp
Amelia Earhart
, 1897-1937 (U.S.A.)
Another profile
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Amelia : The Centennial Biography of an Aviation Pioneer
by Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon (Contributor)
Amelia Earhart
by Nancy Shore, Matina S. Horner (Designer)
Born 20th Century:
Jacqueline Auriol
(France)
Ellen S. Baker
(U.S.A.)
Pancho (Florence) Lowe Barnes
(U.S.A.)
Pancho : The Biography of Florence Lowe Barnes
by Barbara Hunter Schultz
Jean Batten
(New Zealand)
Roberta Bondar
(Canada)
Another profile
Touching the Earth
by Roberta Bondar
On the Shuttle : Eight Days in Space
by Barbara Bondar, Roberta Bondar (Contributor)
Willa B. Brown
(U.S.A.: KY, IL)
Kalpana Chawla
(U.S.A.)
Jacqueline Cochran
(U.S.A.)
Jacqueline Cochran America's Fearless Aviator
by Nina McGuire, Sandra Wallus Sammons
Catherine G. Coleman
(U.S.A.)
Eileen Marie Collins
(U.S.A.)
Nancy Jane Currie
(U.S.A.)
Jan Davis
(U.S.A.)
Bonnie J. Dunbar
(U.S.A.)
Materials Processing in Space
by Bonnie J. Dunbar (Editor)
Linda Finch
(U.S.A.)
World Flight 1997
Another profile
Lois Emma (Brooks) Hailey
(U.S.A.)
Kathryn P. (Kay) Hire
(U.S.A.)
Marsha S. Ivins
(U.S.A.)
Teresa James
(U.S.A.)
On Wings to War : Teresa James, Aviator
by Jan Churchill
Mae C. Jemison
(U.S.A.: IL, NH)
Another profile
Mae C. Jemison : 1st Black Female Astronaut
by Ebraska D. Ceasor
Tamara E. Jernigan
(U.S.A.)
Amy Johnson
(Great Britain)
"Man Admits He Helped Shoot Down British Air Ace Amy Johnson"
Amy Johnson Papers
Janet Lynn Kavandi
(U.S.A.)
Susan (Still) Kilrain
(U.S.A.)
Elena V. Kondakova
(Russia)
Wendy B. Lawrence
(U.S.A.)
Nancy Harkness Love
(U.S.A.: MI, MA, NY)
Another profile
Shannon W. Lucid
(U.S.A.)
Another profile
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Shannon Lucid : Space Ambassador
by Carmen Bredeson
Beryl Markham
(Great Britain, Kenya)
West With the Night
by Beryl Markham
The Lives of Beryl Markham
by Errol Trzebinski
Christa McAuliffe
(U.S.A.)
Another profile
Christa McAuliffe : A Space Biography
by Laura S. Jeffrey
Pamela Ann Melroy
(U.S.A.)
Adriana C. Ocampo
(Colombia, Argentina, U.S.A.)
Ellen Ochoa
(U.S.A.)
Ellen Ochoa : The First Hispanic Woman Astronaut
by Maritza Romero
Hispanic Scientists : Ellen Ochoa, Carlos A. Ramirez, Eloy Rodriguez, Lydia Villa-Komaroff, Maria Elena Zavala
by Jetty St. John, Jetty Kahn
Julie Payette
(Canada)
Another profile
Irina Rudolfovna Pronina
(Russia)
Hanna Reitsch
(Germany)
Another profile
From Nazi Test Pilot to Hitler's Bunker
by Dennis Piszkiewicz
The Sky My Kingdom
by Hanna Reitsch
Judith Resnik
(U.S.A.)
Sally K. Ride
(U.S.A.)
Another profile
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Sally Ride : Shooting for the Stars (Great Lives Series)
by Jane Hurwitz, Sue Hurwitz (Contributor)
The Mystery of Mars
by Sally Ride, Tam O'Shaughnessy
Louise Sacchi
(U.S.A.)
Svetlana Savitskaya
(Russia)
Margaret Rhea Seddon
(U.S.A.)
Donna Shirley
(U.S.A.)
Another profile
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Managing Martians
by Donna Shirley et al.
Anita Sohus
(U.S.A.)
Valentina Vladimirovna Nikolayeva Tereshkova
(U.S.S.R.)
Another profile
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Kathryn C. Thornton
(U.S.A.)
Janice Voss
(U.S.A.)
Mary Ellen Weber
(U.S.A.)
Fay Gillis Wells
(U.S.A.)
Sheila Widnall
(U.S.A.)
Another profile
Also check out:
The Ninety-Nines, Inc.
International Organization of Women Pilots
Soviet Female Fighter Aces
Women in Aviation
, San Diego Aerospace Museum
Women's Contributions to Aeronautics and Space: Historical Milestones
Women of NASA
, NASA K-12 Internet Initiative Web site
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