American women and flight since 1940 / / Deborah G. Douglas [and three others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 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. |
ISBN |
0-8131-8269-7
0-8131-4829-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459612003321 |
Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2004 | ||
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Grounded / / George Brant |
Autore | Brant George |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Oberon Books, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (134 p.) |
Disciplina | 629.13252023 |
Collana | Oberon modern plays |
Soggetto topico |
Air pilots
Women air pilots - United States |
ISBN | 1-78319-538-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half-title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Content; Acknowledgements; Characters; The Pilot |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787897903321 |
Brant George
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London : , : Oberon Books, , 2017 | ||
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Grounded / / George Brant |
Autore | Brant George |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Oberon Books, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (134 p.) |
Disciplina | 629.13252023 |
Collana | Oberon modern plays |
Soggetto topico |
Air pilots
Women air pilots - United States |
ISBN | 1-78319-538-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half-title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Content; Acknowledgements; Characters; The Pilot |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824357303321 |
Brant George
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London : , : Oberon Books, , 2017 | ||
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Nancy Batson Crews [[electronic resource] ] : Alabama's first lady of flight / / Sarah Byrn Rickman ; foreword by Jane Kirkpatrick |
Autore | Rickman Sarah Byrn |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (231 p.) |
Collana | Fire ant books |
Soggetto topico |
Women air pilots - United States
Air pilots - United States World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, Female |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8173-8293-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Boys, I've brought you a real lemon -- Daughter of Alabama -- Flight! -- The WAFS -- The best of all jobs -- Women in pursuit -- The question of militarization -- The best and worst of times -- Beyond the war: life goes on -- The pain of change -- Gliding: better than sex! -- Paul and the WASP -- Passing the torch: Radford learns to fly -- California City -- Lake Country estates -- Enhancing the legacy -- Nancy and the planes she ferried -- The reunion -- From Cub to King Air -- Pneumonia, or something worse? -- Terminal -- Alabama Women's Hall of Fame -- Redemption -- Paul Jr. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457873203321 |
Rickman Sarah Byrn
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2009 | ||
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Nancy Batson Crews [[electronic resource] ] : Alabama's first lady of flight / / Sarah Byrn Rickman ; foreword by Jane Kirkpatrick |
Autore | Rickman Sarah Byrn |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (231 p.) |
Collana | Fire ant books |
Soggetto topico |
Women air pilots - United States
Air pilots - United States World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, Female |
ISBN | 0-8173-8293-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Boys, I've brought you a real lemon -- Daughter of Alabama -- Flight! -- The WAFS -- The best of all jobs -- Women in pursuit -- The question of militarization -- The best and worst of times -- Beyond the war: life goes on -- The pain of change -- Gliding: better than sex! -- Paul and the WASP -- Passing the torch: Radford learns to fly -- California City -- Lake Country estates -- Enhancing the legacy -- Nancy and the planes she ferried -- The reunion -- From Cub to King Air -- Pneumonia, or something worse? -- Terminal -- Alabama Women's Hall of Fame -- Redemption -- Paul Jr. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778821603321 |
Rickman Sarah Byrn
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2009 | ||
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Nancy Love and the WASP ferry pilots of World War II [[electronic resource] /] / by Sarah Byrn Rickman |
Autore | Rickman Sarah Byrn |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Denton, Tex., : University of North Texas Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (354 p.) |
Disciplina |
940.54/4973092
B |
Collana | North Texas military biography and memoir series |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, American
World War, 1939-1945 - Transportation - United States Air pilots - United States Women air pilots - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-07535-7
9786612075353 1-57441-375-9 1-4416-0915-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; List of Photographs of Nancy Harkness Love; Foreword by Deborah G. Douglas; Preface; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Chapter 1: Learning to Fly; Chapter 2: Learning to Live; Chapter 3: Stretching Her Wings; Chapter 4: Tricycle Gear Test Pilot; Chapter 5: War in Europe!; Chapter 6: Wanted: Ferry Pilots; Chapter 7: Two Women Pilot Groups; Chapter 8: The Originals Gather; Chapter 9: Growing Pains; Chapter 10: Killed in Service of Her Country; Chapter 11: Transport and Transition; Chapter 12: A B-17 Bound for England; Chapter 13: Change in the Air; Chapter 14: Pursuit School
Chapter 15: The Quest for MilitarizationChapter 16: In Pursuit, Coast to Coast; Chapter 17: Militarization Denied; Chapter 18: Denouement of the WASP; Chapter 19: Flying the Hump; Chapter 20: Peace, Prosperity, and Parenthood; Chapter 21: Life on the Vineyard; Chapter 22: Empty Nest; Chapter 23: Fighting Spirit; Epilogue; Appendix: Biographical Overview of Nancy Harkness Love; Endnotes; Glossary of Military and Airplane Terms; Glossary of Airplane Types; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454975403321 |
Rickman Sarah Byrn
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Denton, Tex., : University of North Texas Press, c2008 | ||
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Nancy Love and the WASP ferry pilots of World War II [[electronic resource] /] / by Sarah Byrn Rickman |
Autore | Rickman Sarah Byrn |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Denton, Tex., : University of North Texas Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (354 p.) |
Disciplina |
940.54/4973092
B |
Collana | North Texas military biography and memoir series |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, American
World War, 1939-1945 - Transportation - United States Air pilots - United States Women air pilots - United States |
ISBN |
1-282-07535-7
9786612075353 1-57441-375-9 1-4416-0915-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; List of Photographs of Nancy Harkness Love; Foreword by Deborah G. Douglas; Preface; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Chapter 1: Learning to Fly; Chapter 2: Learning to Live; Chapter 3: Stretching Her Wings; Chapter 4: Tricycle Gear Test Pilot; Chapter 5: War in Europe!; Chapter 6: Wanted: Ferry Pilots; Chapter 7: Two Women Pilot Groups; Chapter 8: The Originals Gather; Chapter 9: Growing Pains; Chapter 10: Killed in Service of Her Country; Chapter 11: Transport and Transition; Chapter 12: A B-17 Bound for England; Chapter 13: Change in the Air; Chapter 14: Pursuit School
Chapter 15: The Quest for MilitarizationChapter 16: In Pursuit, Coast to Coast; Chapter 17: Militarization Denied; Chapter 18: Denouement of the WASP; Chapter 19: Flying the Hump; Chapter 20: Peace, Prosperity, and Parenthood; Chapter 21: Life on the Vineyard; Chapter 22: Empty Nest; Chapter 23: Fighting Spirit; Epilogue; Appendix: Biographical Overview of Nancy Harkness Love; Endnotes; Glossary of Military and Airplane Terms; Glossary of Airplane Types; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777974803321 |
Rickman Sarah Byrn
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