Canadian Women in the Sky

100 Years of Flight

Elizabeth Gillan Muir

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Dundurn Group Ltd
16 March 2016

Gender studies: women

How a few women fought to board planes, then fly them, and finally to break through earth's atmosphere into space.

The story of how women in Canada, from Newfoundland to British Columbia, struggled to win a place in the world of air travel, first as passengers, then as flight attendants and pilots, and, finally, as astronauts. Anecdotes, sometimes humourous and always amazing, trace these women's challenges and successes, their slow march over 100 years from scandal to acceptance, whether in Second World War skies, in hostile northern bush country, and even beyond Earth's atmosphere.

From the time the first woman climbed on board a flying machine as a passenger to the moment a Canadian woman astronaut visited the International Space Station, this is an account of how the sky-blue glass ceiling eventually cracked, allowing passionate and determined ""air-crazy"" women the opportunity to fly.

By: Elizabeth Gillan Muir
Imprint: Dundurn Group Ltd
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 283g
ISBN: 9781459731875
ISBN 10: 1459731875
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 16 March 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents Foreword by Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Before There Were Planes 1 Up, Up in a Basket The Early Years 2 Daredevil Female Passengers 3 The Flying Schoolgirl: Katherine Stinson 4 It's a Bird ... It's a Plane ... It's Madge Graham 5 The American Influence Dreams Can Come True 6 Early Pioneers 7 Barbara Ann Scott: Queen of the Blades (1928-2012) 8 In the Captain's Seat: Rosella Bjornson Pratt During the Second World War 9 Angels in the Clouds: Early Stewardesses 10 Margaret Fane Rutledge and the Flying Seven 11 Queen of the Hurricanes: Elsie MacGill 12 Flying Blind: The ATA New Opportunities 13 Into the Woods: Bush Pilots 14 Around the World: Daphne Schiff and Friends 15 Spies in the Skies: Operation Skywatch 16 Airplane Gymnastics: The Snowbirds 17 Over the Rainbow: Female Astronauts Afterword Appendix Milestones in Aviation Notes Bibliography Index

Elizabeth Gillan Muir has taught Canadian history at University of Waterloo and the University of Toronto. She has written extensively about women in Upper Canada and recently published a history of Riverdale, Toronto. Elizabeth holds degrees from Queen's University, the Harvard Business School, and a PhD from McGill University. She lives in Toronto.