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Ruth Law Thrills a Nation
Don Brown, 1993
ISBN: 0-395-73517-3 (paperback)
ISBN: 0-395-66404-7 (hardcover)
Sky Pioneer
Corinne Szabo, 1997
ISBN: 0-792-23737-4
Jacqueline Cochran: America's Fearless Aviator
Nina McGuire & Sandra Wallus Sammons, 1997
ISBN: 0-963-12416-1
To Space and Back
Sally Ride with Susan Okie, 1986
ISBN: 0-688-09112-1
The Dream is Alive: A Flight of Discovery Aboard the Space Shuttle
Barbara Embury & Tom D. Crouch, 1990
ISBN: 0-060-21813-4
The First Unrefueled Flight Around the World
Richard L. Taylor, 1994
ISBN: 0-531-20176-7
Lost Star: The Story of Amelia Earhart
Patricia Lauber, 1988
ISBN: 0-590-41159-4
At the Controls- Women in Aviation
Carole Briggs
Learner Publications
ISBN: 0-822-51593-8
Brave Bessie: Flying Free
Lillian M. Fisher
Hendrick-Long Publishing Company
ISBN: 0-937-46094-X
Up in the Air: The Story of Bessie Colemen
Philip S. Hart
Carolrhoda Books
ISBN: 0-876-14949-2
Women in Space: Reaching the Last Frontier
Carole S. Briggs
Learner Publications
ISBN: 0-822-51581-4
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The Space Shuttle Operator's Manual
Kerry Mark Joels & Gregory P. Kennedy,1988
ISBN:0-345-34181-3
Integrating Aerospace Science into the Curriculum: K - 12
Robert D. Ray & Joan Klingel Ray, 1992
ISBN: 0-872-87924-0
Amelia Earhart's Daughters
Leslie Haynsworth & David Toomey, 1998
ISBN: 0-688-15233-3
Timelines of American Women's History
Sue Heinemann, 1996
ISBN: 0-399-51986-6
Ladybirds: The Untold Story of Women Pilots in America
Henry M. Holden, 1991
ISBN: 0-760-70364-7
Women of the Air
Judy Lomax, 1987
ISBN: 0-396-08980-1
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http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/space/frontiers
This NASA Quest site features the first space shuttle mission commanded
by a female, Eileen Collins. Great activities for teachers and students.
http://www.gulfstreamair.com/women.htm
This site features a brief narrative that highlights some female aviation
feats and events.
http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000ws/4000ws.html
Four thousand years of women in science has entry after entry of great
biographies featuring female scientists, but also some female aviators.
http://earlyamericanhom.com/AviationHistory/articles/1999/01992_text.htm
A great article about Nancy Harkness Love and her work with the organizations
of the WAFS and WASP.
http://www.women-in-aviation.com
A fabulous Web site with great links and good educator information, book
lists, etc.
http://www.wiai.org
The Women in Aviation, International Web site has the intent to encourage
women to seek opportunities available to them in aviation. It includes
a great little section that chronicles women who made aviation history.
http://ninety-nines.org
This Web site features the organizational information for the International
Organization of Women Pilots, "The Ninety-Nines". It includes 2 fabulous
sections about past aviators and the female pilots making history today.
http://www.legacy98.org/timeline.html
A great timeline of the Women's Rights Movement from 1848 - 1998. Excellent
resource for middle and high school students.
http://www.gale.com/gale/cwh/cwhtime.html
Includes female biographies and women's history timeline.
http://www.iwasm.org
The International Women's Air and Space Museum has a great site that features
the women in aviation as well as their aircraft.
http://venus.twu.edu/www/twu/library/wasp.html
The Women Airforce Service Pilots Collection comes out of Texas Women's
University's collection of personal papers, official records and a historical
overview of the WASP.
http://www.ionet.net/~jellenc/ae_intro.html
This is an expertly written, illustrated and presented tribute to the
female aviator, Amelia Earhart. The text about her life is easy to read
and covers her life. It also includes links to other similar sites.
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/SDHS/collections/curtiss/curtiss.htm
This San Diego-based Web site is a great collection of historical photographs
depicting Glenn Curtiss at work.
http://nix.nasa.gov
A great NASA Web site for those of you who like access to cool pics and
photos of shuttle missions and other historical space and aeronautical
research.
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/ssa/docs/Space.Shuttle/index.shtml
Lots of good basic information about the space shuttle and its parts with
super graphics.
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/technology/sts-newsref/sts_overview.html#sts_program
Go to this NASA site and key in the space transportation system's mission
number to get all the information you can about that particular mission.
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