Canadian Women in the Sky
Dundurn Group Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4597-3187-5 (ISBN)
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How a few women fought to board planes, then fly them, and finally to break through earth’s 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 women’s 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 Earth’s 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.
Elizabeth Gillan Muir has taught Canadian history at University of Waterloo and the University of Toronto. She has written extensively about women in Upper Canada and recently published a history of Riverdale, Toronto. Elizabeth holds degrees from Queen’s University, the Harvard Business School, and a PhD from McGill University. She lives in Toronto.
Contents
Foreword by Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Before There Were Planes
1Up, Up in a Basket
The Early Years
2Daredevil Female Passengers
3The Flying Schoolgirl: Katherine Stinson
4It’s a Bird … It’s a Plane … It’s Madge Graham
5The American Influence
Dreams Can Come True
6Early Pioneers
7Barbara Ann Scott: Queen of the Blades (1928–2012)
8In the Captain’s Seat: Rosella Bjornson Pratt
During the Second World War
9Angels in the Clouds: Early Stewardesses
10Margaret Fane Rutledge and the Flying Seven
11Queen of the Hurricanes: Elsie MacGill
12Flying Blind: The ATA
New Opportunities
13Into the Woods: Bush Pilots
14Around the World: Daphne Schiff and Friends
15Spies in the Skies: Operation Skywatch
16Airplane Gymnastics: The Snowbirds
17Over the Rainbow: Female Astronauts
Afterword
AppendixMilestones in Aviation
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.1.2016 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Toronto |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 228 mm |
| Gewicht | 283 g |
| Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4597-3187-5 / 1459731875 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4597-3187-5 / 9781459731875 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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