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 These Resources are available
at the Flint Public Library:
Bibliography
American Women’s Almanac: An Inspiring
and Irreverent History
by Louise Bernikow [R 301.412/Be]
Women of all races have challenged injustice and pushed aside the narrow definition
of womanhood.
Cool Women: The Thinking Girl’s Guide
to the Hippest Women in History
by Dawn Chapman, Mari Florence and Naomi Wax [YA 920/Ch]
Let’s take our heroes down from the pedestal where we can get a good
look at them!
Promised the Moon: The Untold Story of
the First Woman in the Space Race
by Stephanie Nolan [629.1385 No]
Jennie Cobb, a world-record-setting pilot and a woman, was recruited in 1959
to take the astronaut tests. NASA thought women-smaller and lighter-might be
the answer to winning the race to the moon.
She Captains: Heroines and Hellions of
the Sea
by Joan Druett [387.2 Dr]
From warrior queens of the sea to the female ship-owners influential in opening
the Northwest Passage, She Captains brings together real-life characters of
women drawn to the ocean’s beauty and faced its dangers.
Tethered Mercury: a Pilot’s Memoir:
the right stuff—but the wrong sex
by Bernice Trimble Steadman, with Jody M. Clark [629.13 St]
A local Michigan women and one of the original women to be chosen and trained
by NASA in the 60’s to become an astronaut, Bernice missed her chance
because of sexism of the times. Undaunted she went on to make her mark as a
pilot and businesswoman.
Tomboy of the Air: Daredevil Pilot Blanche
Stuart Scott
by Julie Cummins [J B/ Scott B]
When Blanche became the first woman to drive an automobile cross-country, there
were only 218 mile of paved roads in the U.S. (outside of the cities). She
would also become the first woman pilot to fly a plane in public in America.
Wings and Rockets: The Story of Women in
Air and Space
by Jeannien Atkins [629.1385 At]
Stories of women who have dared to challenge prejudice and rules and then to
go on and take their place in the skies.
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Internet Resources
Visit theses Internet site for background information. See what
are the current issues for women in leadership positions today.
These are just a few, try visiting other sites that may interest
you !
Drag Racing
Association of Women
http://www.drawfasthelp.org/
The Drag Racing Association of Women (DRAW) is a non-profit organization
that provides financial and emotional support to qualified individuals involved
in drag racing accidents at a track
International
Women’s Air and Space Museum
http://www.iwasm.org/
The Museum is dedicated to the preservation of the history of women in aviation
and space and the documentation of their continuing contributions today and
in the future. Good biography section of women in air and space.
Michigan
Women’s Hall of Fame
www.michiganwomenshalloffame.org/
Their goal is to change what is thought and taught about women’s role
in history, particularly Michigan women. Check out the “Honorees” page,
the “Timeline” and the “Oral History” sections.
Motor
Sport Auto Racing
http://www.makeithappen.com/wis/auto_racing.html
List of contemporary women who race cars on today’s tracks.
The Ninety
Nines, Inc: The International Organization of Women Pilots
http://www.ninety-nines.org/
Our organization was founded in 1929 by 99 licensed women pilots for the
mutual support and advancement of aviation. The aviation history page is
a good source for trailblazing women to research for the essay contest.
Women
in Aviation and Space History—Smithsonian Institute
http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/women_aviators/womenavsp.htm
Women's participation and contributions are noted from their Early Flight
gallery (107) to Space Race (114), from the earliest female pioneers to racing
pilots to the first female commercial pilots to women in space. Good resource!
Women
of NASA
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/intro.html
The Women of NASA resource was developed to encourage more young women to
pursue careers in math, science, and technology.
Women
of NASCAR
http://www.nascar.com/kyn/women/
The official site!
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Rules and Entry Instructions
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Celebration was held March 18,
2004
Bernice Trimble Steadman shared the adventures of women who
struggled to fly with the men and the obstacles and challenges
that trailblazing women overcame.
Ms. Steadman is a woman with an amazing flying
history! She was one of 13 women who passed NASA’s rigorous physical for
the Mercury astronaut candidates. She also was President of the
Ninety-Nines (International Organization of Women Pilots); winner
of several transcontinental and international women’s air
races, the Chairperson of the Ann
Arbor Airport Commission, and flight instructor, owner and operator
of a successful flying taxi service.
The winners of the Eighth Annual 8th Grade Girls Countywide Essay
Contest 2004 were announced and awarded their prizes at this
event.
Celebrate the great strides of pace-setting, untethered
women everywhere and the young award winners who researched
and wrote
about them!
Website: www.flint.lib.mi.us/essaycontest04.html
Sponsors: Bank One, Michigan; Girl Scouts Fair Winds Council Inc.;
Flint Public Library; Flint Women’s Forum; Links, Inc. (Flint
Area Chapter);
The James A. Welch Foundation; and the YWCA of Greater Flint.
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