Title: Flying solo
Description: In 1927, airplanes were a thrilling but dangerous novelty. Most people, men and women, believed that a woman belonged in the kitchen and not in a cockpit. Ruth Elder set out to prove them wrong by flying across the Atlantic Ocean.
Subjects: Women, Air pilots, Juvenile literature, Biography, Women air pilots, Air pilots, juvenile literature, Women, united states, biography, Women, biography, juvenile literature
Places: United States
People: Ruth Elder (1902-1977)