"f86sabre" (f86sabre)
12/06/2016 at 08:40 • Filed to: planelopnik
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"f86sabre" (f86sabre)
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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! Bad ass.
ttyymmnn
> f86sabre
12/06/2016 at 09:46 |
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And she did it all in heels (of a sort). In my writings on aviation history, I have come across many remarkable aviatrixes (though not yet Dutrieu) who are essentially lost to history. Not only were they remarkable pioneers, they were also remarkably courageous for fighting against societal norms of the day.
“Well-behaved women rarely make history.”
-Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.
Then again, anybody, woman or man, who had the intestinal fortitude to climb onto those bundles of wood and wire are heroes in my book.
WilliamsSW
> f86sabre
12/06/2016 at 09:55 |
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What the hell? Why is this woman not more famous? I think her Wikipedia entry would be shorter if it listed the things she didn’t do.