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Women in Air and Space

Women in Air and Space Compiled by Caroline Miniscule A database - UNDER CONSTRUCTION - of female pilots and astronauts referenced in books.   Web thethunderchild.com In Memorium - A B - E F - J K - O P - T U - Z They belonged to the sky, and the sky has taken them. Anderson, Maia Bassett, Adelaide Bernard, Susanne Blanchard, Marie *Bessie Coleman** Jane Champlin** Susan Clarke Marjorie Davis Katherine Dussac *Amelia Earhart Marjorie Edwards Jane Erickson *Cornelia Fort Francis Grimes Mary Hartson Mary Howson Amy Johnson Viola Kavanaugh Edith Keene LaRoche, Raymonde da** Kathryn Lawrence *Hazel Ying Lee Paula Loop Alice Lovejoy Lea McDonald Peggy Martin Virginia Moffat Denise Moore Beverly Moses** Dorothy Nichols Jean Norbeck Margaret Oldenburg *Harriet Quimby Mabel Rawlinson Gleanna Roberts Marie Robinson** Gladys Roy Bettie Scott Dorothy Scott** Margaret Seip** Helen Severson** Marie Sharon** Evelyn Sharp Betty Stine Marian Toevs Gertrude Tompkins-Silver Mary Trebing Mary Webster Bonnie Welz Betty Wood *Christa McAuliffe *Judith Resnick *Kalpana Chawla *Laurel Clark *Nancy Lynn ?-? ?-? ?-? ? - 1817 1892 - 1926 1917 - 1943 1918 - 1944 ? - 1944 ? - 1944 1897-1937 1918 - 1943 1921 - 1944 1919 - 1943 ? - 1944 1917 - 1944 1919 - 1944 1903-1941 ? - ? ? - 1944 1886-1919 1920 - 1943 1912 - 1944 1916 - 1944 1919 - 1944 1921 - 1944 1912 - 1944 ? - 1943 ? - 1911 1923 - 1944 ? - 1944 1912 - 1944 ? - 1943 1875 - 1912 1917 - 1943 1919 - 1944 ? - 1944 ? - 1927 1921 - 1944 1920 - 1943 1916 - 1943 1918 - 1943 1917 - 1944 1919 - 1944 ? - 1944 ? - 1944 1912 - 1944 1920 - 1944 1919 - 1944 1918 - 1944 1921 - 1943 1948 - 1986 1949 - 1986 1961 - 2003 1961 - 2003 1956 - 2006 Pilot Parachutist Student pilot Balloonist Pilot WASP WASP WASP WASP Pilot WASP WASP WASP WASP WASP WASP ATA Pilot Parachutist WASP Pilot WASP WASP WASP WASP WASP WASP WASP Student pilot WASP WASP WASP WASP WASP WASP WASP WASP Pilot/Wingwalker*** WASP WASP WASP WASP WASP WASP WASP WASP WASP WASP WASP WASP WASP Astronaut Astronaut Astronaut Astronaut Pilot * = individual homepage ** = co-pilot, or passenger at time of death *** = killed on ground by propeller Female pilots and astronauts and the books which reference them Go to the Complete Pilot and Astronaut Bibliography (including books that don't cite women) Person Notes Bibliography Aboukaia, ? (Mlle.) Japanese pilot who'd been a bicycle racer also.. Before Amelia, Eileen F. Lebow, 2002, Brassey's Inc. Agazarian, Monique British pilot. Women of the Air, Judy Lomax, 1986, 1987, Dodd, Mead Allison, Rhea Hurrle [Woltman] One of the Mercury 13. The Mercury 13, Martha Ackmann, 2002, Random House Anatra, Eudocie V. Russian pilot Second Russian woman to earn a license, on October 3, 1911. Before Amelia, Eileen F. Lebow, 2002, Brassey's Inc. Anderson, Dorothy Flight instructor. Turned down invitation to test as Mercury astronaut. The Mercury 13, Martha Ackmann, 2002, Random House Anderson, Maia Wife of John Carberry. A pilot. Women of the Air, Judy Lomax, 1986, 1987, Dodd, Mead Auddeffred, Helen American pilot. Before Amelia, Eileen F. Lebow, 2002, Brassey's Inc. Auriol, Jacqueline Rival of Jacqueline Cochran, daughter-in-law of the President of France. Women of the Air, Judy Lomax, 1986, 1987, Dodd, Mead Go to the Complete Pilot and Astronaut Bibliography (including books that don't cite women) In Memorium - A B - E F - J K - O P - T U - Z Click on the icons for new features in The Thunder Child. Radiation Theater: 1950s Sci Fi Movies Discussion Boards The Sand Rock Sentinel: Ripped From the Headlines of 1950s Sci Fi Films

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