Jacqueline Cochran : biography of a pioneer aviator /

Jacqueline Cochran : biography of a pioneer aviator /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Smith-Daugherty, Rhonda, 1967-
Imprint:	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2012.
Description:	x, 211 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Cochran, Jacqueline. Cochran, Jacqueline. Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) -- Biography. Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) World War (1939-1945) Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography. Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography. World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American. Air pilots, Military. Military operations, Aerial -- American. Women air pilots. United States. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8775517

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ISBN:	9780786462759 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0786462752 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This revealing biography explores Cochran's childhood in an impoverished Florida mill town, her early career as a pilot, and her role in creating and leading the WASPs during World War II. This detailed profile, removing Cochran from Earhart's shadow, firmly establishes the aviatrix as a pivotal figure in the history of women in aviation and in war"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Making of Jacqueline Cochran
2. The Lady Is a Pilot
3. America's Number One Woman Flier
4. An Unusual Life
5. Women in War
6. Jacqueline Cochran and the WASPs
7. The WASP Experience
8. The End of the WASPs
9. High Flying
10. Postscript
Appendix 1. Biographical Sketches
General Henry Harley Arnold, 1886-1950
Vincent Hugo Bendix, 1882-1945
Amelia Earhart, 1897-1937
Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby, 1905-1995
Nancy Harkness Love, 1914-1976
General of the Army George Catlett Marshall, 1880-1959
Floyd Odium, 1892-1976
Alexander Nikolaivich Prokofieff de Seversky, 1894-1974
Lieutenant General Barton Kyle Yount, 1884-1949
Appendix 2. Major Aircraft Flown
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index