American women and flight since 1940 / / Deborah G. Douglas [and three others]

• Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2004; ©2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (372 p.)
• Disciplina: 629.13/092/273
• Soggetto topico: Women air pilots - United States; Air pilots - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): DouglasDeborah G.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 1950's 7. The Impact of the Women's Rights Movement: The 1960's; 8. Women with the ""Right Stuff"": The 1970's; 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; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 that women 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
• Titolo autorizzato: American women and flight since 1940
• ISBN: 0-8131-8269-7; 0-8131-4829-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459612003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II