Lady Daredevils by Barbara Ganson

Lady Daredevils by Barbara Ganson

Though often restricted as aviators, women helped build a stable aircraft industry that became the envy of the world. Barbara Ganson delves into the lives of the women whose work as test pilots, flight school owner-operators, airport managers, and in other roles impacted and reflected larger trends in society.

Women aviators challenged social norms that considered them inept with machinery and incapable of handling early flight's very real dangers. Ganson follows how the New Woman ethos of freedom of movement and career inspired engagement with aviation. Despite resistance, women pushed limits by setting records for speed, altitude, distance, and endurance. The fashions of airwomen, meanwhile, reflected changing attitudes of women toward traditional roles and the pursuit of their career aspirations.

Informed by interviews and rare archival information, Lady Daredevils tells the stories of the pioneering women of early aviation history and reveals their dynamic interactions with social and technological change.

Barbara Ganson is a professor of history at Florida Atlantic University. She is the author of The Texas Takes Wing: A Century of Flight in the Lone Star State.

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ISBN 13	9780252089312
ISBN 10	0252089316
Title	Lady Daredevils
Author	Barbara Ganson
Series	Women Gender And Sexuality In American History
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of Illinois Press
Year published	2026-07-29
Number of pages	304
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