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Elizabeth Gillan Muir
Softcover
176 pages
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Canadian Women in the Sky: 100 Years of Flight
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How a few women fought to board planes, then fly them, and finally to break through earths atmosphere into space.
The story of how women in Canada, from Newfoundland to British Columbia, struggled to win a place in the world of air travel, first as passengers, then as flight attendants and pilots, and, finally, as astronauts. Anecdotes, sometimes humourous and always amazing, trace these womens challenges and successes, their slow march over 100 years from scandal to acceptance, whether in Second World War skies, in hostile northern bush country, and even beyond Earths atmosphere.
From the time the first woman climbed on board a flying machine as a passenger to the moment a Canadian woman astronaut visited the International Space Station, this is an account of how the sky-blue glass ceiling eventually cracked, allowing passionate and determined air-crazy women the opportunity to fly.
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| Weight | 0.358 kg |
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| Dimensions | 22.9 × 15.2 × 1.1 cm |
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