Queen Bess

Queen Bess PDF Author: Doris L. Rich
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588345122
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 187

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Book Description
Here is the brief but intense life of Bessie Coleman, America's first African American woman aviator. Born in 1892 in Atlanta, Texas, she became known as “Queen Bess,” a barnstormer and flying-circus performer who defied the strictures of race, sex, and society in pursuit of a dream.