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020 _a0-374-38450-9
100 _aAtkins, Jeannine
245 _aWings and rockets :
_bthe story of women in air and space /
_cby Jeannine Atkins; pictures by Dusan Petricic.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York, NY :
_bFarrar, straus and Giroux,
_c2003.
300 _ap. cm.
520 _aSummary: Tells the stories of women who have dared to challenge prejudices and rules to take their place in the skies - from Katharine Wright and Bessie Coleman to Jackie Cochran, Shannon Lucid, and Eileen Collins.
650 _aAir pilots
650 _aAstronauts
650 _aWomen
_xBiography
942 _c UKN
999 _c65246
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