Canadian women in the sky : 100 years of flight

How a few women fought to board planes, then fly them, and finally to break through earth{u2019}s atmosphere into space. The story of how women in Canada, from Newfoundland to British Columbia, struggled to win a place in the world of air travel, first as passengers, then as flight attendants and pilots, and, finally, as astronauts. Anecdotes, sometimes humourous and always amazing, trace these women{u2019}s challenges and successes, their slow march over 100 years from scandal to acceptance, whether in Second World War skies, in hostile northern bush country, and even beyond Earth{u2019}s atmosphere. From the time the first woman climbed on board a flying machine as a passenger to the moment a Canadian woman astronaut visited the International Space Station, this is an account of how the sky-blue glass ceiling eventually cracked, allowing passionate and determined ?air-crazy? women the opportunity to fly "Canadian Women in the Sky traces a century of Canadian women's progress in aviation and space flight. From the first woman to climb on aboard a flying machine as a passenger to a female astronaut's second visit to the International Space Station, these women cracked the sky-blue glass ceiling to achieve their dreams."-- Provided by publisher Canadian Women in the Skytraces a century of Canadian women{u2019}s progress in aviation and space flight. From the first woman to climb on aboard a flying machine as a passenger to a female astronaut{u2019}s second visit to the International Space Station, these women cracked the sky-blue glass ceiling to achieve their dreams