While Amer. women were fighting for their right to vote, Blanche Stuart Scott asserted her right to fly. She had always been a daredevil & couldn't resist the temptation of traveling at incredible speeds & heights. So despite the dangers assoc. with early flight, public disapproval, & the forbidding attitude of men, Blanche took to the air. She became the first woman to fly a plane in public in America. After Blanche's launch into aviation, other women surpassed her feats by flying solo across the English Channel & the Atlantic Ocean -- & even racing through space. This engaging biography celebrates an aviation pioneer whose spunky, courageous personality helped her successors' dreams take flight.

Illustrations. Ages 8-14.