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Lady Daredevils: American Women and Early Aviation

Lady Daredevils: American Women and Early Aviation

Ganson, Barbara

Paperback

Series: Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History

Aviation20th Century United States HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0252089316
ISBN13: 9780252089312
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: Jul 29 2026
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
Though often restricted as aviators, women helped build a stable aircraft industry that became the envy of the world. Barbara Ganson delves into the lives of the women whose work as test pilots, flight school owner-operators, airport managers, and in other roles impacted and reflected larger trends in society.

Women aviators challenged social norms that considered them inept with machinery and incapable of handling early flight's very real dangers. Ganson follows how the New Woman ethos of freedom of movement and career inspired engagement with aviation. Despite resistance, women pushed limits by setting records for speed, altitude, distance, and endurance. The fashions of airwomen, meanwhile, reflected changing attitudes of women toward traditional roles and the pursuit of their career aspirations.

Informed by interviews and rare archival information, Lady Daredevils tells the stories of the pioneering women of early aviation history and reveals their dynamic interactions with social and technological change.

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