Women Aviators: From Amelia Earhart to Sally Ride, Making History in Air and SpaceThis volume charts the rise of women in the male dominated field of aviation through the stories of record breaking aviatrixes: from those who piloted the earliest aircrafts to the first women in space almost a century later. These women from across the world took to the skies, fighting their way to recognition against all odds. Bessie Coleman, an African American born into a humble cotton picking family, worked as a laundress and manicurist to pay