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Lädt ... Aviatrix : First Woman Pilot for Hughes Airwestvon Mary Shipko
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. A sincere telling of an important story. Not great literature, but it does demonstrate how endemic sexual harassment and discrimination was in the US following WW2 ( ) In this memoir, Mary Shipko focuses chiefly on her extensive training in flying, and on the discrimination that she faced in spite of her qualifications and skills. This was happening in the era before sexual harassment was recognized as a problem, let alone made grounds for legal action. It is important for women, particularly young women, to understand the struggle that trail blazers faced, and which contemporary women still face to a lesser degree. It sobering to see the hostility that the men felt for Shipko purely because she was a woman, and the way that sex is so often used by them as an expression of hatred. Makes a real case for celibacy. I thought that the book would have been a little more interesting if Shipko had included a little more of her life outside of flying. A caption mentions that the family often flew for movies, but there are no anecdotes about this. At one point she gets married, but the husband mysteriously disappears. I would like to know a little more about his reactions and sympathy (or lack of it) for her struggle. I understand that her focus was on establishing her credentials and her struggle with harassment, but it would have been a somewhat livelier book. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Aviatrix is the captivating story of one of the first women pilots to break into the all-male airline flight cockpit. Hired in 1976 at Hughes Airwest, Mary Bush made a herculean effort to overcome the resistance and harassment she faced in such a position, but it was to no avail. Mary was introduced to flying at an early age. She started flying as a teenager, studying and training long hours until she painstakingly obtained her ratings one by one. Financial hardships hit the family hard, though, and Mary--desperate for both flying experience and money--headed down to the infamous Corrosion Corner in South Florida to be a "freight dog" for fly-by-night operators. However, she was frequently denied work because of her gender. She kept praying, working, and struggling, though, with the hope of one day becoming an airline pilot, a job in which she would have both steady work and steady pay.Then, after her brother is lost at sea in one of the family airplanes, Mary is more determined than ever to become a pilot at an airline, just as her brother had planned to be. So, when she is offered the position at Hughes Airwest, Mary is thrilled. Going out west to fly jets was everything she had dreamed of and worked for. The discrimination and lewd remarks she had often faced in Florida, though, had not even come close to preparing her for the relentless harassment she would encounter as the first woman pilot at an airline. A close-up and enthralling account of Mary's struggles as an aviation pioneer, this book will astound, appall, and inspire you. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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