Queen Bess
Daredevil Aviator
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Transportation, Aviation, History, Science & Nature, Technology, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Biography & Memoir
| 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.
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.
