History in the Margins

Two WASP Pilots Show the Men How It’s Done: A Guest Post by Jack French

By Pamela | March 12, 2021 |

One of the great pleasures of writing History in the Margins is the opportunity to carry on conversations with readers “off the page.” I love it when one of you expands the story with additional information or gently corrects me when I go astray. Long-time reader Jack French occasionally takes it one step further and…

Fly Girls

By Pamela | July 9, 2019 |

Quick: Name one historical woman pilot other than Amelia Earhart without resorting to the internet. (1) Aviation history is a regular topic in our household and I could only come up with three: Bessie Coleman (January 26, 1892 – April 30, 1926), the first African-American woman to earn a pilot’s license (2) Jacqueline Cochran (May…