AVIATION: The highs and lows of America's first black female pilot: This edition tells the story of Bessie Coleman, a determined young woman who fought against the odds to become the first black female pilot

摘要

TO SAY Bessie Coleman was born into deprivation would be an understatement. Her parents were sharecroppers in late 19th-century Texas, picking cotton and taking in laundry to get by, and she was the 12th of 13 children. Bessie's father was Native American Cherokee while her mother was African American, so almost every door to improvement was closed to them. Not that this put her off.