In his Introduction, the author suggests that female fliers of the early twentieth century were part of that era’s overall fight to establish increased rights and respect for women in general. In what ways has that fight been won? In what ways is it continuing?

This question asks readers to critically engage with one of the book’s central thematic premises. This is its claim that the female fliers of the 1920’s were, in some ways, doing the same work as the vote-winning suffragettes, and doing that work for the same reasons. Both the suffragettes and the fliers faced long-standing, deeply-felt views on the place and value of women that, arguably, continue even into contemporary culture. The question asks the reader to consider in what ways the struggle for women’s equality has achieved its goals, and in what ways it has not. Possible points of...