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"Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman was always being told what she could and couldn't do. In an era when Jim Crow laws and segregation were a way of life, it was not easy to survive. Bessie didn't let that stop her. Although she was only 11 when the Wright Brothers took their historic flight, she vowed to become the first African-American female pilot. Her sturdy faith and determination helped her overcome obstacles of poverty, racism, and gender discrimination."

Results of a research project to identify ways to improve female success in general aviation.

This site includes important milestones in her life and many vintage photographs.

This site exists to share the notion that girls can grow up to be almost anything.

Bios of the first female team to win the Bendix Transcontinental Speed Race (1936)

A biography of endurance-record-setting pilot

Highlights of the life of the first woman to earn a commercial airplane pilot rating.

Includes photos and brief biographical information