Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman Juvenile Nonfiction Maturing Girls & Women Social Topics - Adolescence She argues that the US

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Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman Juvenile Nonfiction Maturing Girls & Women Social Topics - Adolescence She argues that the USSoar along with Bessie Coleman in this inspirational tale of a woman whose determination reached new heights. Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman was always being told what she could & couldn't do. In an era when Jim Crow laws and segregation were a way of life, it was not easy to survive. Bessie didn't let that stop her. Although she was only 11 when the Wright brothers took their historic flight, she vowed to become the first African American female pilot.