- Registration is required for this event.
- Registration will open on February 5, 2026 @ 6:30pm.
- A library card is not required.
Program Description
Event Details
Please pick up a copy of the book at the hosting branch.
Copies are available starting one month prior to the discussion, while supplies last.
Celebrate Women's History Month with a discussion of the book, Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History. Keith O'Brien weaves together the stories of five remarkable women: Florence Klingensmith, a high school dropout who worked for a dry cleaner in Fargo, North Dakota; Ruth Elder, an Alabama housewife; Amelia Earhart, the most famous, but not necessarily the most skilled; Ruth Nichols, who chafed at the constraints of her blue blood family's expectations; and Louise Thaden, the mother of two young kids who got her start selling coal in Wichita, Kansas. Together they fought for the chance to race against the men--and in 1936 one of them would triumph in the toughest race of all.
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Accommodations
If you need accommodations for this program, please contact the Library as soon as you are able.
Sponsored by Friends
This event was generously sponsored by the Friends of the Library.