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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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