Soaring Over Setbacks: The Autobiography of Janet Harmon Bragg, African American Aviator (Smithsonian History of Aviation & Spaceflight S.)

Bragg, Janet Harmon; Kriz, Marjorie M.

ISBN 10: 1560987553 / ISBN 13: 9781560987550

Published by Smithsonian Books, 1997

About this Item

Almost new paperback. Appears unread. No spine crease. No owners' names/labels. Text is clean, unmarked. First paperback printing. Full number line with "1". (Shelf: B2) Books are carefully sealed in waterproof poly and boxed to prevent damage during transit.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Soaring Over Setbacks: The Autobiography of Janet Harmon Bragg, African American Aviator (Smithsonian History of Aviation & Spaceflight S.)
• Publisher: Smithsonian Books
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1560987553
• ISBN 13: 9781560987550
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 32 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography & Autobiography

About this title

Synopsis

The first African American woman pilot chronicles her struggles to overcome dual discrimination

Review

Janet Harmon Bragg was the first black woman to earn a full commercial pilot's license, a feat remarkable in itself, but all the more so when considered in the context of her times. Bragg learned to fly in the 1930s, a time when many whites believed blacks lacked the intelligence to learn how to fly. In fact, as her friend relates in an appendix to this book, when Bragg first tried to get her commercial license, the Federal Aviation Administration examiner passed her, but refused to issue her a license, claiming that he was not going to be the first to license a black woman. Bragg persevered, however, and established a path that future generations of black aviators would follow.