Ancient Babylon (Explore Ancient Worlds)

Code Name Pauline: Memoirs of a World War II Special Agent (Women of Action)

Destination Moon: The Remarkable and Improbable Voyage of Apollo 11

Chuck Yeager Goes Supersonic: An Action-Packed, True Flying Adventure

Space A Visual Encyclopedia (DK Children's Visual Encyclopedias)

When Neil Armstrong Built a Wind Tunnel (Leaders Doing Headstands)

Space: Facts at Your Fingertips (Pocket Genius)

Women of the World: Women Travelers and Explorers (Extraordinary Explorers)

Women Of Action

A Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People From the very first days of aviation, women were there. Katherine Wright, though not a pilot, helped her brothers Orville and Wilbur so much that some called her the "Third Wright Brother." Pioneers such as Baroness Raymonde de Laroche of France ignored those who ignorantly claimed that only men possessed the physical strength or the mental capacity to pilot an airplane, and in 1910 became the first woman awarded a license to fly. A year later, Harriet Quimby was the first woman to earn a pilot's license in the United States and in 1912 flew across the English Channel-another first.           Author Karen Bush Gibson profiles 26 women aviators who sought out and met challenges both in the sky and on the ground, where some still questioned their abilities. Read about barnstormers like Bessie Coleman and racers like Louise Thaden, who bested Amelia Earhart and Pancho Barnes to win the 1929 Women's Air Derby, sometimes called the Powder Puff Derby. Learn about Jacqueline Cochran who, during World War II, organized and trained the Women Airforce Service Pilots-the WASPs-to serve their country by ferrying airplanes from factories to the front lines and pulling target planes during anti-aircraft artillery training. And see how female pilots today continue to achieve and serve while celebrating their love of flight. 

Empowerment

Adventure

Growth Mindset

Women Aviators: 26 Stories of Pioneer Flights, Daring Missions, and Record-Setting Journeys (Women of Action)

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Ancient Babylon (Explore Ancient Worlds)

Karen Gibson, 2012

Code Name Pauline: Memoirs of a World War II Special Agent (Women of Action)

Kathryn Atwood, Pearl Witherington Cornioley, 2013

Destination Moon: The Remarkable and Improbable Voyage of Apollo 11

Richard Maurer, 2019

Chuck Yeager Goes Supersonic: An Action-Packed, True Flying Adventure

Alan Biermann, 2012

Space A Visual Encyclopedia (DK Children's Visual Encyclopedias)

D.K. Publishing, DK, 2020

When Neil Armstrong Built a Wind Tunnel (Leaders Doing Headstands)

Mark Weakland, 2017

Space: Facts at Your Fingertips (Pocket Genius)

DK, 2012

Women of the World: Women Travelers and Explorers (Extraordinary Explorers)

Rebecca Stefoff, 1993