03426nam 2200745 a 450 991078850730332120230721050308.01-283-97204-20-87565-480-0(CKB)3240000000068830(EBL)1077373(OCoLC)821177736(SSID)ssj0000607192(PQKBManifestationID)11391890(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000607192(PQKBWorkID)10582584(PQKB)10169952(MiAaPQ)EBC1077373(OCoLC)762031612(MdBmJHUP)muse7859(Au-PeEL)EBL1077373(CaPaEBR)ebr10631171(CaONFJC)MIL428454(EXLCZ)99324000000006883020090225d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrFrom birdwomen to skygirls[electronic resource] American girls' aviation stories /by Fred ErismanFort Worth, Tex. TCU Pressc20091 online resource (289 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87565-397-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-248) and index.Formula stories and young readers: 1910-1930 -- Birdwomen take to the air: 1905-1915 -- The Earhart era: 1925-1940 -- Amelia's daughters face reality: 1930-1940 -- The stewardess enters the scene: 1930-1945 -- World War II, working women, and aviation: 1940-1960.Close on the heels of the American public's early enthusiasm over the airplane came aviation stories for the young. From 1910 until the early 1960's, they exalted flight and painted the airplane as the most modern and adventuresome of machines. Most of the books were directed at boys; however, a substantial number sought a girls' audience. Erisman's account of several aviation series and other aviation books for girls fills a gap in the history and criticism of American popular culture. It examines the stories of girls who took to the sky, of the sources where authors found their in...Aeronautics in literatureAmerican fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismChildren's stories, AmericanHistory and criticismYoung adult fiction, AmericanHistory and criticismChildren's literature in seriesHistory and criticismWomen air pilots in literatureFlight attendants in literatureWomen in aeronauticsUnited StatesHistorySex roleUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAeronautics in literature.American fictionHistory and criticism.Children's stories, AmericanHistory and criticism.Young adult fiction, AmericanHistory and criticism.Children's literature in seriesHistory and criticism.Women air pilots in literature.Flight attendants in literature.Women in aeronauticsHistory.Sex roleHistory813/.509356Erisman Fred1937-1170142MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788507303321From birdwomen to skygirls3710174UNINA