Fearless: Harriet Quimby A Life without Limit

By Don Dahler

Book Overview

In the spirit of the bestseller Fly Girls comes the definitive and compelling true story of Harriet Quimby, the first American woman to receive a pilot's license.

In the early twentieth century, headlines declared that "the era of women has dawned." Against this changing historical backdrop, Harriet Quimby's extraordinary life stands out as the embodiment of this tumultuous, exciting era--when flight was measured in minutes, not miles.

This untold piece of feminist history unveils Quimby's incredible story: rising from humble beginnings as a dirt-poor farm girl to become a globe-trotting journalist, history-making aviator, and international celebrity. With her tragic death in 1912 at the age of thirty-seven, her story faded, with her many accomplishments--the first woman to fly solo over the English Channel among them--overshadowed by major events, including the sinking of the Titanic.

With black and white illustrations throughout, Fearless is the definitive biography of the first licensed female American pilot: one of the most inspiring hidden figures of history.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1648960359
• ISBN13: 9781648960352
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Live by your own rules

4 stars, Live by your own rules FEARLESS: HARRIET QUIMBY A LIFE WITHOUT LIMIT by Don Dahler Harriet Quimby comes from humble beginnings and soars to the skies, by pursuing her own hopes and dreams. First by conquering journalism and then by taking up flying. This was back in the day when airplane prototypes were simply fabric-covered wooden wings, which sounds terrifying to me. Ms. Quimby believed in real journalism, not that fake variety that we see so much of in today's culture. She died as she had lived, fearlessly at age 37. I received a complimentary copy of #fearless from #papress I was under no obligation to post a review. #womenpioneers #aviation #prototypes #journalism