Flying High: Pioneering Women in American Aviation spy Countess of Lovelace

Countess of Lovelace

The Smithsonian acquired this Jenny in 1918 directly from the U

It's the story of a man who fought social injustice the only way he knew how---by succeeding

but the majority of photographs are of ordinary working women from many backgrounds and professions

Flying High: Pioneering Women in American Aviation spy Countess of LovelaceIn the beginning of the twentieth century, women were demanding more freedom. What could bring more freedom than a chance to fly? Women went up in those early wire and fabric contraptions to gain independence, to make money, or to make their names as pilots. They sought to prove that women pilots could do just as well as men and some did far better. Flying High: Pioneer Women in American Aviation tells the story of Blanche Stuart Scott, who made