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Famous Women Aviators (Dover Pictorial Archives)
Famous Women Aviators - Dover Pictorial Archives Author:Bruce LaFontaine carefully researched, meticulously rendered illustrations of remarkable women who played significant roles in aviation history, among them Eileen Collins, the first woman space shuttle commander; American astronaut Shannon Lucid, assigned to the Russian MIR space station; Sally Ride, the first American woman in space; Russian Valentina Tereshiko... more »va, the first woman in space; and Amelia Earhart, who made a solo flight across the Atlantic in 1932. Captions provide historic and biographical information.« less