Book ID: CBB167368609

Jacqueline Cochran: Biography of a Pioneer Aviator (2012)

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Smith-Daugherty, Rhonda (Author)


McFarland


Publication Date: 2012
Physical Details: x + 211 pp.
Language: English

This revealing biography explores Cochran's childhood in an impoverished Florida mill town, her early career as a pilot, and her role in creating and leading the WASPs during World War II. This detailed profile, removing Cochran from Earhart's shadow, firmly establishes the aviatrix as a pivotal figure in the history of women in aviation and in war. (Publisher)

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Review Fred H. Allison (Summer 2018) Review of "Jacqueline Cochran: Biography of a Pioneer Aviator". Air Power History (pp. 54-55). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Beyer, Kurt W.
Bourgeois-Doyle, Richard I.
Braun, Hans-Joachim
Carl, Ann B.
Dierikx, M. L. J.
Douglas, Deborah G.
Journals
American Heritage of Invention and Technology
Air Power History
The Bridge: Journal of the National Academy of Engineering
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Publishers
Allen & Unwin
MIT Press
NRC Research Press
Smithsonian Books
Smithsonian Institution Press
UBC Press
Concepts
Biographies
World War II
Women in technology
Aviation
Air pilots
Aircraft; airplanes
People
Lindbergh, Charles Augustus
Fermi, Enrico
Fokker, Anthony Herman Gerard
Lamarr, Hedy
Hopper, Grace Murray
McKenzie, Florence Violet
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
21st century
Places
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Europe
France
Italy
Institutions
United States Navy
University of Wisconsin
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