Queen Bess

Daredevil Aviator

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Transportation, Aviation, History, Science & Nature, Technology, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Biography & Memoir
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Author: Doris L. Rich ISBN: 9781588345127
Publisher: Smithsonian Publication: March 10, 2015
Imprint: Smithsonian Books Language: English
Author: Doris L. Rich
ISBN: 9781588345127
Publisher: Smithsonian
Publication: March 10, 2015
Imprint: Smithsonian Books
Language: English

Here is the brief but intense life of Bessie Coleman, America's first African American woman aviator. Born in 1892 in Atlanta, Texas, she became known as “Queen Bess,” a barnstormer and flying-circus performer who defied the strictures of race, sex, and society in pursuit of a dream.

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Here is the brief but intense life of Bessie Coleman, America's first African American woman aviator. Born in 1892 in Atlanta, Texas, she became known as “Queen Bess,” a barnstormer and flying-circus performer who defied the strictures of race, sex, and society in pursuit of a dream.

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