Aviation

Ida Van Smith 

(1917 – May 13, 2003)

African-American / Native American

She was an African-American pilot and flight instructor 

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ArchiveGrid : Ida Van Smith collection, 1971-1990

“Aviation’s Pied Piper” Ebony Magazine,  Nov 1978, Vol. XXXIV, No.1, pgs. 106-110

Gibson, Karen Bush. 2013. Women aviators: 26 Stories of Pioneer Flights, Daring Missions, and Record-setting Journeys. Chicago, Ill: Chicago Review Press.

Mankiller, Wilma. 2000. The Reader’s Companion to US Women’s History. Boston, Mass: Houghton Mifflin.

“National Air and Space Museum: Ida Van Smith,” – Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Ida Van Smith – Wikipedia

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