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Introduction

The Connecticut State Library has many resources on women pilots in WWI and WWII - but less on civilian female pilots.

These are a few examples.

Our Flying Men by Hewlett, Hilda B.
Call Number: Online and Stacks D602 .H4 Item does not circulate
Publication Date: [1917?]
Online access through Primo, our catalog and discovery tool.
Hilda Hewlett has the title of Britain's first female pilot, the first woman in Britain to earn her pilot's license, and the owner of the U.K.'s first flying school.
Implementation of the repeal of the combat exclusion on female aviators : hearing before the Military Personnel and Compensation Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, second session, hearin by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Military Personnel and Compensation Subcommittee.
Call Number: Online and Federal Documents Y 4.Ar 5/2 a:991-92/38
Publication Date: 1992
Online access through our library catalog. Requires a card for the CT State Library for remote access.
The fun of it : random records of my own flying and of women in aviation. by Earhart, Amelia
Call Number: Cage TL540.E3 A3 In library use only
Publication Date: 1932
The first woman to solo across the Atlantic recalls her youth, early encounters with flying, career as a pilot, and feminine pioneers in aviation.