Book Review - "100 Greatest Women in Aviation"

This book not only provides a fascinating view of 100 individual women in aviation, it also presents a microcosm of the changes in the world from the late 19th to the early 21st Century. Every sector of life is reflected here, spanning through nations, through the changes in technological development, through racial segregation and the beginning of Black Power, and the restriction of women, to their fight and, finally, winning their freedom. In practical terms, it shows the development of aviation from string and canvas to machines able to travel into space....