Bessie Coleman

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Bessie Coleman
Bessie Coleman is a very brave person. She is the
first black woman aviator and the first woman to
have her International aviation license.
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When she lived
Bessie Coleman was born on January 26th 1892. She
was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She was alive when
the Industrial revolution took place . The
Pacific railroad was in the making when she was
alive
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Where she lived
Bessie Coleman lived in her childhood home ,
Atlanta,Georgia. In 1894 , she moved with her
family to a small farm 30 miles south of Dallas
to a town named Waxahache. They lived in a very
small cottage.
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Her most important accomplishment
Bessie Colemans most important accomplishment is
that she the first black woman aviator. She is
also the first woman to own an International
Aviation license.
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Where she got her inspiration from
Bessie Colemans inspiration came from many
different places. One is from when she was
little, she read about the air war in Germany and
decided to become an airplane pilot when she grew
up. She was fascinated by airplanes . Another
place where she got her inspiration from is of
the books she read about airplanes.
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The Obstacles she had to overcome
Bessie Coleman had to overcome many obstacles.
Some of them are that she had two strikes
against her when she wanted to enter flying
school, she was criticized by the press, and when
she completed one term of school, her family ran
out of money. She had to work two jobs to earn
her tuition money. Since the flying school
wouldnt accept her application to that school,
she had to go to France to learn how to fly a
plane.
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how our lives have changed as a result of her
accomplishment
Our lives have changed as a result of her bravery
because now women have the right to fly planes
and get their airplane licenses.
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How She Died
Bessie Coleman died in 1926. She died by falling
out of an airplane 500 feet from the ground . She
did not have on her seatbelt because she was
looking out of the airplane window to study the
ground. Bessie Coleman died on impact and broke
nearly every bone in her body.
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Bibliography

• Book-Black Eagles By Jim Haskins

• Search engine- www.google.com

• WWW.BESSIE COLEMAN.COM

• Www.ninety-nines.org/Coleman.html

• Http//library.thinkquest.org/10320/coleman.html

• Www.galegroup.com//free resources/bhml/bio/coleman

• Www.nasm,si,edu/nasm/pa/nasm.news/history/bhistory
  coleman.html