She said, "Flying is easier than voting."

She was the first woman in the world to earn a pilot's license.

She was the first American woman to make a solo balloon flight.

She was the first American woman to become a licensed pilot.

The United Stats was the birthplace of flight.

There was less racial prejudice in Europe.

European leaders understood the commercial and military advantages.

African-Americans went to Europe to be trained as pilots.

Open a school for blind students

Fly around the world

Earn a pilots license

Fly a hot air balloon

The best instructors were in France.

Racial prejudice was less restrictive.

She knew how to speak French.

The cost of flight school was less.

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"Though she did not fly, Katherine Wright was a major supporter of her brothers"

"The story of women in aviation actually goes back to the time of the hot-air balloons."

"American aviation was from its very beginnings marred with sexist and racist assumptions."

"The strict rules and regulations that govern aviation today didn't exist during the first three decades.

Lack of strength and presence of mind

Lack of safety precautions

Attempting to break a record

Giving flying exhibitions

Bessie Coleman was born in 1893 in Atlanta, Texas, the twelfth of thirteen children.

Bessie Coleman refused to accept the limitations others tried to place on her.

The encouragement paid off, because Coleman graduated from high school, a feat not too man black women were able to accomplish in the early 1900's.

Coleman learned about flying from reading newspaper accounts of air battles during World War 1.

As difficult as it was for women to become pilots in significant numbers, it was doubly hard for African-Americans, especially black women.

European leaders immediately saw the commercial and military advantages of a strong national aviation program.

Even though the United States was the birthplace of flight, it was slower than other countries to develop an organized aviation program.

Other blacks had gone to Europe to get their training, too.

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to underestimate

to overwhelm

to make uncomfortable

Save money

Prepare for the future

Avoid danger

Improve performance

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She soon learned that there was little or no support for a black woman who wanted to start a flying school.

....the dream and the desire to fly stayed alive among women and African Americans.

"Wen the world speaks of the Wrights, it must include my sister...She inspired much of our effort."

Flying, it was said, required a level of skill and courage that women and blacks lacked.

Women and African-Americans faced sexist and racist assumptions that made it difficult for them to enter the field of aviation but they continued to pursue their dreams.

America welcomed all individuals attempting to enter the field of aviation.

American women faced the same struggles as French women, as they attempted to enter the field of aviation.

There were no stereostypes or prejudices that kept women and African Americans from entering the field of aviation.