WOMEN AVIATORS: 26 STORIES OF PIONEER FLIGHTS, DARING MISSIONS, AND RECORD-SETTING JOURNEYS
Book ID/图书代码： 12580015B78747
English Summary/英文概要： From the very first days of aviation, women were there. Katherine Wright, though not a pilot, helped her brothers Orville and Wilbur so much that some called her the “Third Wright Brother.” Pioneers such as Baroness Raymonde de Laroche of France ignored those who ignorantly claimed that only men possessed the physical strength or the mental capacity to pilot an airplane, and in 1910 became the first woman awarded a license to fly. A year later, Harriet Quimby was the first woman to earn a pilot’s license in the United States and in 1912 flew across the English Channel—another first.
Author Karen Bush Gibson profiles 26 women aviators who sought out and met challenges both in the sky and on the ground, where some still questioned their abilities. Read about barnstormers like Bessie Coleman and racers like Louise Thaden, who bested Amelia Earhart and Pancho Barnes to win the 1929 Women’s Air Derby, sometimes called the Powder Puff Derby. Learn about Jacqueline Cochran who, during World War II, organized and trained the Women Airforce Service Pilots—the WASPs—to serve their country by ferrying airplanes from factories to the front lines and pulling target planes during anti-aircraft artillery training. And see how female pilots today continue to achieve and serve while celebrating their love of flight.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本书细述了女性在航空历史上所起到的作用，从自有飞行器飞行第一天起，到如今，深入研究了26位女性飞行员们，无论是在陆地，还是在空中，是如何去寻找的和面临挑战的历史故事。本书按时间排序，分为六个部分，堪称是一部袖珍的航空历史记。让读者可以从中了解到诸如被许多人称为“第三位莱特兄弟”的，凯瑟琳•莱特，和去全球第一位获得飞行员执照的，法国女飞行员，雷蒙德•德•拉洛施 。当读到像女巡回演说家贝茜•科尔曼，和在1929年女子空中大赛中，打破了美国历史上著名的女飞行员阿梅莉亚•埃尔哈特的，路易斯•塔登之间的竞争时。此外，书中还附带其他关键人物的个人简介栏，以及为读者更为深入了了解这些女飞行员们，在航空历史上所不可或缺地位的，补充资料列表。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：Winner of:
2014 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
About the Author/作者介绍： 凯伦 • 布什吉布森发表了，超过30多部非小说儿童科普书，她的作品包括《太空女性》《女性飞行员》和孩子们的历史参考书《印第安人》。她还发表了系列成人悬疑小说《一场经典谋杀案》。凯伦曾投身于社会福利和教育工作，但内心总倾注在写作中。多年来，凯伦还是一位发表过，许多过有关旅行，育儿，和有趣的人物的自由撰稿人。闲暇时，她喜欢摄影，徒步旅行，和阅读。想要更多的了解信息，请登陆作者个人网站
kbgibson.net
Karen Bush Gibson is the author 30+ non-fiction books for children, including the new "Women in Space: 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions and Gravity-Breaking Adventures," her second from the Chicago Review Press Women of Action Series. The first was "Women Aviators," chosen by Air & Space Smithsonian as one of the Best Children’s Books of 2013 and a 2014 Notable Social Studies Trade Book by the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS). Gibson is also the author of an adult mystery, "A Class on Murder" (as K.B. Gibson), the first in the Ronnie Raven series. She is a member of Sisters of Crime, Inc., Mystery Writers of America, Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Inc., and Oklahoma Writer’s Federation.
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