Gene Nora Jessen

The exhilarating true story of the unsung pioneers who blazed a pathway towards a new era of female aviation...The year is 1929, and on the eve of America's Great Depression, nineteen gutsy and passionate pilots soared above the glass ceiling in the very first female cross-country air race. Armed with grit and determination, they crossed thousands of miles in propeller-driven airplanes to defy the naysayers who would say it cannot not should not be...