Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History by Keith O'Brien

Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History

Keith O'Brien

352 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography feminism history informative inspiring slow-paced

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The untold story of five women who fought to compete against men in the high-stakes national air races of the 1920s and 1930s — and won   Between the world wars, no sport was more popular, or more dangerous, than airplane racing. Thousands of fans...

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informative 87%
inspiring 75%
adventurous 62%
reflective 25%
challenging 20%
emotional 16%
tense 16%
sad 8%
dark 4%
hopeful 4%

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slow 47%

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