Tomboy of the air
Subtitle: daredevil pilot Blanche Stuart Scott
By: by Julie Cummins
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9780060291389; 9780060292430
Subjects: Women; Air pilots; Juvenile literature; Biography; Women air pilots
Description: While American women were fighting for their right to vote, Blanche Stuart Scott asserted her right to fly. She had always been a daredevil and couldn't resist the temptation of traveling at incredible speeds and heights. So despite the dangers associated with early flight, public disapproval, and the forbidding attitude of men, Blanche took to the air. She became the first woman to fly a plane in public in America.

After Blanche's launch into aviation, other women surpassed her feats by flying solo across the English Channel and the Atlantic Ocean -- and even racing through space. But the contributions Blanche made were significant. Julie Cummins's engaging biography celebrates an aviation pioneer whose spunky, courageous personality helped her successors' dreams take flight.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 79) and index.
Table of contents: title: Speed and Balance; title: Over Land in an Overland; title: Up in the Air; title: Flying High and Far; title: Circus in the Air; title: Ambassador of the Air.