Waac (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1943 (illustrator). 1st Edition. Near fine condition thick book with red boards in a very good condition dustjacket. The DJ has edge-chipping at the top and bottom of the spine and is price-clipped. [2102].

1st edition, 2nd impression. Good copy only in the original title-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 249 pp. ; 19 cm. Subjects; WAAC. World War, 1914-1918 Participation, Female Fiction. 3 Kg.

1st edition, 2nd impression. Good copy only in the original title-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 249 pp. ; 19 cm. Subjects; WAAC. World War, 1914-1918 Participation, Female Fiction. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 251 pages, heavy foxing, binding firm.

LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 296. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1935 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 296.

Women's participation in early aviation developed despite formidable social, economic, and institutional barriers that restricted female access to flight training and aviation careers during the first half of the twentieth century. Yet a small number of pioneering aviators challenged these limits, establishing flying clubs, participating in competitions, and gaining international visibility as pilots during the formative decades of powered flight. This photographic archive documents women aviators from the early "Golden Age of Aviation" of the 1920s through the post-World War II era, capturing individual pilots, aviation clubs, and women participating in flight training and competitions across several decades of aviation history. Archive of fifteen black and white silver gelatin photographs dating from the 1920s through the 1950s and measuring approximately 2.75 x 3.5 inches to 8 x 10 inches. Early photographs include a 1920s image of a woman seated in the cockpit of an aircraft with one hand on the control wheel while another woman and a male aviator stand beside the plane, as well as a 1923 photograph depicting a female pilot in leather flight uniform posed before a Curtiss biplane. The archive includes images of several notable aviators associated with early aviation culture, including Amelia Earhart seated in the cockpit of the aircraft used during her world tour, Georgina Pope Yeatman of Philadelphia, a pioneering American aviator and social figure associated with early women's aviation circles, and transatlantic aviatrix Mildred Johnson. A real photo postcard from the 1940s shows actress and pilot Reno Browne standing before an aircraft with the caption "Reno Browne. Queen of the Westerns." Another photograph dated 1942 depicts WAAC aviatrix and Third Officer Dorothy Mitchell of San Francisco entering an aircraft cockpit while wearing military uniform. A press photograph dated 1929 shows six women wearing aviation goggles and dresses gathered beneath the headline "Birdwomen Organize in Boston," documenting the formation of one of New England's early aviation clubs for women and identifying the participants as Olivia Keet Matthews, Betsy Kelley, Mildred Chase, Mary Bacon, Joan Fay Shankle, and Teddy Fenyon. Later photographs include a 1955 image of Isabel McCraye of Lemon Grove, California and Betty McNeil of La Mesa, California exiting a Beechcraft Bonanza after completing a flying competition in Westfield, Massachusetts. The Archive illustrate the gradual emergence of women aviators during a period when aviation remained overwhelmingly male dominated. From the pioneering era of record setting female pilots in the 1920s and 1930s through the expansion of women's roles in military aviation support services during World War II, female aviators carved out spaces within flight culture through clubs, competitions, and professional flying careers. These images capture women pilots both individually and in community, offering visual documentation of the early development of women's aviation networks and the persistence of female aviators in an evolving technological and social landscape. Fifteen silver gelatin photographs measuring approximately 2.75 x 3.5 inches to 8 x 10 inches. Minor edge chipping and light handling wear present on a few photographs; images remain clear and well preserved. Overall condition very good.