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Woman’s History Month Day 4
Bessie overcame obstacles. She wanted to fly but no one in the U.S. would let her enroll in flight school. There is more than one way to get to a goal. She taught herself French, (Parlez-vous Francais?) and went to Paris so she could earn her pilot’s license. She became the first woman of African-American and Native American descent to earn an international aviation pilot’s license.
She returned to great acclaim in the U.S. But to earn a living she needed training to be a stunt pilot and she couldn’t find anyone in the U.S. willing to teach her. Undaunted, she went back to France, the Netherlands and Germany for that training. As a child she vowed to one day amount to something. At her first appearance at an American air show she was billed as “the worlds greatest woman flier.”
You can find out more about Bessie Coleman at wikipedia
