Jacqueline Cochran
Subtitle: biography of a pioneer aviator
By: Rhonda Smith-Daugherty
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786462759
Subjects: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.); Military Air pilots; American Aerial operations; World War, 1939-1945; Women air pilots; Biography
Description: "This revealing biography explores Cochran's childhood in an impoverished Florida mill town, her early career as a pilot, and her role in creating and leading the WASPs during World War II. This detailed profile, removing Cochran from Earhart's shadow, firmly establishes the aviatrix as a pivotal figure in the history of women in aviation and in war"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The making of Jacqueline Cochran; title: The lady is a pilot; title: America's number one woman flier; title: An unusual life; title: Woman in war; title: Jacqueline Cochran and the WASPs; title: The WASP experience; title: The end of the WASPs; title: High flying; title: Postscript; title: Appendix one: biographical sketches; title: General Henry H. Arnold, USAF, 1886-1950; title: Vincent H. Bendix, 1882-1945; title: Amelia Earhart, 1897-1937; title: Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby, 1905-1990; title: Nancy Harkness Love, 1914-1976; title: General George C. Marshall, U.S. Army; title: Floyd odlum, 1892-1976; title: Alexander N. P. de Seversky, 1894-1974; title: Lieutenant General Barton K. Yount, USAF; title: Appendix two: Aircraft flown by Jacqueline Cochran.