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Podcast: Literary Aviatrix: The Power of Story - Women in Aviation
Episode: WP40: Keith O'Brien on how Florence Klingensmith's menstrual cycle was cited as the probable cause of her air race crash, rather than the flawed design of the GeeBee
Description: Send a textIn this excerpt from my interview with author Keith O'Brien about his book Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History, he talks about the most blatant and egregious illustration of the misogyny and sexism of the day in his book, which he reveals with Florence Klingensmith' story. Did you know you can support your local independent bookshop and me by shopping through my Bookshop.org affiliate links on my website? If a book is available on Bookshop.org, you'll find a link to it on the b...