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Here are a few subject headings to use in the online catalog to find books about Women in Aviation.
	Aeronautics -- Flights	Collins, Eileen
	Aeronautics -- History	Earhart, Amelia
	Women adventurers	Law, Ruth
	Women air pilots	Markham, Beryl
	Women in aeronautics	Quimby, Harriet
	Women astronauts	Ride, Sally
	Women Airforce Service Pilots	Scott, Blanche Stuart
	Barnes, Pancho	Stinson, Katherine
	Coleman, Bessie
Another way to find Subject Headings about Women in Aviation is to do a �Subject Keyword� search using the key word �Women in Aviation". There are over 400 subject headings in the El Paso Public Library's Online Catalog

Adult Materials

Non-Fiction

	Before Amelia: Women Pilots in the Early Days of Aviation
	Written by Eileen F Lebow
	Brassey's, Washington, D.C., 2002 ISBN: 978-1574884821
	Call no: 629.130922 LEB	See location in Online Catalog
The story of the world�s women pioneer aviators who braved the skies during the early days of flight. While most books have only examined the women aviators of a single country, Eileen Lebow looks at an international spectrum of pilots and their influence on each other. The story begins with Raymonde de Laroche, a French woman, who became the first licensed female pilot in 1909. De Laroche, Lydia Zvereva, Melli Beese, Hilda Hewlitt, Harriet Quimby, and the other women pilots profiled here rose above contemporary gender stereotypes and proved their ability to fly the temperamental heavier-than-air contraptions of the day.

	The Mercury 13: The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight
	Written by Martha Ackmann
	Voyageur Press, New York, NY, 2003 ISBN: 978-0375507441
	Call no: 629.45 ACK	See location in Online Catalog
In 1961, just as NASA launched its first man into space, a group of women underwent secret testing in the hopes of becoming America's first female astronauts. They passed the same battery of tests at the legendary Lovelace Foundation as did the Mercury 7 astronauts, but they were summarily dismissed by the boys' club at NASA and on Capitol Hill.

On Silver Wings: The Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II, 1942-1944
Written by Marianne Verges
Ballantine, New York, NY, 1991 ISBN: 978-00345365347
Call no: 940.544973 v586o	See location in Online Catalog
They were the WASPs--heroic women from every walk of life who passed the rigorous Army Air Force flight training program and served side by side with the men of WW II. Battling red tape, misogyny, and politics, they earned their wings and a place in American history. Their story rings with all the courage, romance and adventure of their extraordinary lives.

	The Powder Puff Derby of 1929: The First All Women�s Transcontinental Air Race
	Written by Gene Nora Jessen
	Sourcebooks, Naperville, IL, 2002 ISBN: 978-1570717697
	Call no: 599.773 WOL	See location in Online Catalog
An historical account of the first women's transcontinental air race from Santa Monica, Calif., to Cleveland, Ohio. Nicknamed the "Powder Puff Derby" by Will Rogers, the race covered 2,759 miles. Jessen describes each day of the nine-day event and provides captivating short bios of the 19 flyers.

Women Aloft
Written by Valerie Moolman and the editors of Time-Life Books
Time-Life Books, Alexandria, VA, 1981 ISBN: 0809432870
Call no: 629.13 M778w	See location in Online Catalog
This book is one volume in the Time-Life �Epic of Flight" series. It is devoted to women aviators.

Women of the Air
Written by Judy Lomax
Mead, New York, NY, 1987 ISBN: 978-0396089803
Call no: 629.130922 L837w	See location in Online Catalog
An account of many of the early women pioneers in aviation and of the contributions the women pilots made to the war effort in WWII.

Biographies

	Anne Morrow Lindbergh: First Lady of the Air
	Written by Kathleen C Winters
	Palgrave MacMillan, New York, NY, 2006 ISBN: 978-1403969323
	Call no: B LIN	See location in Online Catalog
Few people know that Anne Morrow Lindbergh was an accomplished and innovative pilot in her own right. In fact, she was one of the defining figures of American aviation, a bright and adventurous woman who helped to pioneer air routes, traveled around the world, and came to be adored by the American public. In this revealing biography, author and pilot Kathleen C. Winters vividly recreates the adventure and excitement of many of Anne's early flights, including never-before-revealed flight details from the Lindbergh archives. An intimate portrayal of a remarkable woman, Anne Morrow Lindbergh also offers a dazzling picture of the exciting and dangerous early years of aviation's Golden Age.

	The Fun of It: Random Records of My Own Flying and of Women in Aviation
	Written by Amelia Earhart
	Academy Chicago, Chicago, IL 1977 ISBN: 978-0915864553
	Call no: 629.13092 EAR	See location in Online Catalog
Released in 1932, this autobiography of the famous flyer describes her own ambitions to become a pilot and offers advice to others. In addition, other women pilots' historic roles are chronicled.

	West with the Night
	Written by Beryl Markham
	North Point Press, San Francisco, CA 1993 ISBN: 978-0865471184
	Call no: B MAR	See location in Online Catalog
Growing up in East Africa, the author describes her life as a pioneer aviator, a horse breeder, pilot of passengers and supplies in a small plane to remote corners of Africa, and became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west.

	Katherine Stinson: The Flying Schoolgirl
	Written by Debra L. Winegarten
	Eakin, Austin, TX, 2000 ISBN: 978-1571684592
	Call no: R SW B St57w	See location in Online Catalog
Katherine Stinson, who defying expectations, quickly became a pioneer of the skies. This biography has photographs of Stinson, who racked up many �firsts��first precision flyer, first to do preflight inspections, and first to fly solo at night. She also invented night skywriting, amazed audiences in Japan and China, and, with her family, established a flight school and assembled and sold high-quality aircraft.

Fiction

	The Flamboyant
	Written by Lori Marie Carlson
	HarperCollins, New York, NY, 2002 ISBN: 978-0066210681
	Call no: E-Book	See location in Online Catalog
Set in the 1920s and 1930s, The Flamboyant tells the life story of Lenora Demarest, an American beauty intent on achieving fulfillment as the first aviatrix in her adopted country of Puerto Rico. Born in 1900, Lenora grows up in western New York State in the company of her adoring parents and their intellectual friends. After her mother's sudden death, she accompanies her grief-stricken father, Dr. Henry Demarest, to a lush hacienda on the northern coast of Puerto Rico. Over the next decade, they turn their tropical estate into a successful grapefruit plantation, and Henry remarries. Meanwhile, Lenora is courted by a dashing American aviator who awakens in her a passion for flying.

	The Rock Rats
	Written by Ben Bova
	Tor, New York, NY 2002 ISBN: 978-0765302274
	Call no: Fic BOV	See location in Online Catalog
Visionary space industrialist Dan Randolph is dead-but his prot�g�, pilot Pancho Barnes, now sits on the board of his conglomerate. She has her work cut out for her. For Randolph's rival Martin Humphries still wants to control Astro and still wants to drive independent asteroid miners like Lars Fuchs out of business. Humphries wants revenge against Pancho-ands, most of all, he wants his old flame Amanda, who has become Lars Fuchs's wife. In the struggle over the incalculable wealth of the Asteroid Belt, many will die-and many will achieve more than they ever dreamed was possible.

	The Golden Angel
	Written by Gilbert Morris
	Bethany, Minneapolis, MN 2001 ISBN: 978-0764221187
	Call no: Fic MOR	See location in Online Catalog
When Erin Winslow, wounded in love, flees the savannahs of Africa for California, she never expects her talent for flying to make her famous. Celebrity has a cost, though, and it jeopardizes both her faith and her life.

Children's Materials
Picture Books

	Violet the Pilot
	By Steve Breen
	Penguin, New York, NY, 2008 ISBN: 978-0803731257
	Call no: E BRE	See location in Online Catalog
By the time she's two years old, Violet Van Winkle can fi x nearly any appliance in the house. And by eight she's building elaborate fl ying machines from scratch-mind-boggling contraptions such as the Tubbubbler, the Bicycopter, and the Wing-a-ma-jig. The kids at school tease her, but they have no idea what she's capable of. Maybe she could earn their respect by winning the blue ribbon in the upcoming Air Show. Or maybe something even better will happen-something involving her bestever invention, a Boy Scout troop in peril, and even the mayor himself!

	Pilot Mom
	By Kathleen Benner Duble
	Charlesbridge, Watertown, MA, 2003 ISBN: 978-1570915550
	Call no: E DUB	See location in Online Catalog
Jenny and her best friend K.C. accompany Jenny's mother, a tanker pilot in the Air Force, to the air base, where they explore her plane, a KC-135, prior to her departure on a training mission to Europe.

	Sadie the Air Mail Pilot
	By Kellie Strem
	Oxford, New York, NY, 2007 ISBN: 978-0385750271
	Call no: E STR	See location in Online Catalog
Sadie is a brave and fearless pilot who overcomes the elements - and even a plane crash - to deliver the mail. Like all the dedicated Air Mail pilots, she is kept busy by the arrival of never-ending sacks of mail and the Air Mail HQ chief who barks orders at his staff. But that won't stop Sadie from getting it delivered.

Children's Non-Fiction

	Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
	By Tanya Lee Stone
	Candlewick, New York, NY, 2009 ISBN: 978-0763636111
	Call no: J 629.45 STO	See location in Online Catalog
What does it take to be an astronaut? Excellence at flying, courage, intelligence, resistance to stress, top physical shape � any checklist would include these. But when America created NASA in 1958, there was another unspoken rule: you had to be a man. Here is the tale of thirteen women who proved that they were not only as tough as the toughest man but also brave enough to challenge the government. They were blocked by prejudice, jealousy, and the scrawled note of one of the most powerful men in Washington. But even though the Mercury 13 women did not make it into space, they did not lose, for their example empowered young women to take their place in the sky, piloting jets and commanding space capsules.

	Wings and Rockets: The Story of Women in Air and Space
	By Jeannine Atkins
	Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, NY, 2003 ISBN: 978-0374384500
	Call no: J 629.13092 ATK	See location in Online Catalog
Tells the stories of women who have dared to challenge prejudices and rules to take their place in the skies--from Katherine Wright and Bessie Coleman to Jackie Cochran, Shannon Lucid, and Eileen Collins.

Children's Biographies

	Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost Aviator
	By Shelley Tanaka
	Abrams, New York, NY, 2008 ISBN: 978-0810970953
	Call no: J B EAR	See location in Online Catalog
Ever since Amelia Earhart and her plane disappeared on July 2, 1937, people have wanted to know more about this remarkable woman. Amelia Earhart follows the charismatic aviator from her first sight of an airplane at the age of ten to the last radio transmission she made before she vanished. Illustrated with original artworks, contemporary photographs, quotes, and details, this is a great introduction to the famous pilot. The book includes a bibliography and an index.

	Brave Harriet: The First Women to Fly the English Channel
	By Marissa Moss
	Houghton Mifflin, New York, NY, 2001 ISBN: 978-0152023805
	Call no: J B QUI	See location in Online Catalog
On a clear morning in 1912, Harriet Quimby had a vision�she would become the first woman to fly solo across the English Channel. If she were to veer off course by even five miles, she could end up in the North Sea, never to be heard from again. But she took the risk, anyway.

	Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman
	By Nikki Grimes
	Scholastic, New York, NY, 2002 ISBN: 978-0439352437
	Call no: J B COL	See location in Online Catalog
Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman was always being told what she could & couldn't do. In an era when Jim Crow laws and segregation were a way of life, it was not easy to survive. Bessie didn't let that stop her. Although she was only 11 when the Wright brothers took their historic flight, she vowed to become the first African -American female pilot. Her sturdy faith and determination helped her overcome obstacles of poverty, racism, and gender discrimination. Innovatively told through a series of monologues.

	Sally Ride: The First American Women in Space
	By Tamra Orr
	Rosen, New York, NY, 2004 ISBN: 978-0823944620
	Call no: J B RID	See location in Online Catalog
A biography of Sally Ride, discussing her early years, education, and career as one of the first women accepted in America's space program.

	The Daring Miss Quimby
	By Suzanne Whitaker
	Scholastic, New York, NY, 2009 ISBN: 978-0823419968
	Call no: J B QUI	(Sep 2009 Release date. Not in library yet)
In 1912, airplanes looked like bicycles with wings. Only men flew these scary new machines. When a spirited young woman named Harriet Quimby decided to learn to fly, everyone said it would be too dangerous. But Harriet tried it anyway! She was the first woman in the United States to earn her pilot's license. Soon the whole country was just wild about her! Harriet loved the attention and designed a purple flight suit to stand out even more. Before long she was the first woman to fly across the English Channel.

	Tomboy of the Air: Daredevil Pilot Blanche Stuart
	By Julie Cummins
	Harper Collins, New York, NY, 2001 ISBN: 978-0060292430
	Call no: J B STU	See location in Online Catalog
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.

	Ellen Ochoa: Reach for the Stars!
	By Donna Latham
	Bearport, New York, NY, 2005 ISBN: 978-0823950874
	Call no: J B OCH	See location in Online Catalog
Using education as a launching pad for her career, Ellen Ochoa: Reach for the Stars! details the remarkable life of the world's first Hispanic woman to travel into space. Thrill-seeking readers will journey with Ellen through her childhood (as one of five children in a single-parent home) all the way to her adventures as a researcher in outer space.

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A keyword subject search yields:

Women in Aviation

474 Full-text References

Noe, M. (2003, March). WASPs and Other Pilots: Historical Context in Censored on Final Approach. War, Literature & the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities, 15(1/2), 196-212. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete.

McLean, J. (2001, January). 7: Modern Women in Aviation. Women with Wings, Retrieved from MasterFile Premier.

Internet Resources

Women in Aviation and Space History http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ aero/women_aviators/ womenavsp.htm
	The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum website has biographical sketches of all the women that have artifacts or photographs in the Museum

Women in Aviation, International http://www.wai.org/resources/ history.cfm
	This website has information about women in aviation historically and currently. It has links to Websites about and for �Women in Aviation�.

The Ninety-Nines, Inc, International Organization of Women Pilots http://www.ninety-nines.org/
	The Ninety-Nines Website provides information on the organization and its history. It contains biographies of women in aviation and links to aviation museums. It also has a �Pilot Careers Resource Center� link.

SCS 99s (South Central Section - Ninety-Nines) http://www.scs99s.org/

Powder Puff Derby http://www.airracinghistory.freeola.com/ Powder Puff Derby.htm
	This website has information on the history of the Powder Puff Derby. It provides links for other information on air racing.

WASP on the Web http://www.wingsacrossamerica.us/ wasp/
	On this website, you'll find games, songs, video, records, links and great educational information on the Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII.

Audio - Visual Materials

	Amelia Earhart: Queen of the Air
	By James Dutcher
	A & E Home Video, , 2005 ISBN:
	Call no: DVD B EAR	See location in Online Catalog
Looks at the life of aviatrix Amelia Earhart, the first woman pilot to cross the Atlantic solo, who vanished without a trace while she was attempting to fly around the world.