We just recently received in the Bessie Coleman 10-inch Cissette doll from the Madame Alexander Doll Company. She comes dressed in a brown bomber jacket with black pants and white shirt.
For those of you that do not know who Bessie Coleman was, she was the first African American woman to become a pilot. Bessie was born and raised in East Texas and was determined to become a pilot. Back in the 1920s, no one would accept her to a flying school - she was a woman, and of course, she was black.
To get around this obstacle, she went to a Berlitz School to learn French so that she could travel to Europe and get her pilot's license there. (At the same time she was learning French she worked as a manicurist and managed a chili parlor in Chicago).
Bessie Coleman was a very determined woman and she did succeed in getting her pilot's license in Paris. This earned her the distinction of becoming the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license. In fact, she became quite the flying sensation and was named "the world's greatest woman flyer" in 1922.
Quote of the Day - "The only failure is not to try." - George Clooney
For those of you that do not know who Bessie Coleman was, she was the first African American woman to become a pilot. Bessie was born and raised in East Texas and was determined to become a pilot. Back in the 1920s, no one would accept her to a flying school - she was a woman, and of course, she was black.
To get around this obstacle, she went to a Berlitz School to learn French so that she could travel to Europe and get her pilot's license there. (At the same time she was learning French she worked as a manicurist and managed a chili parlor in Chicago).
Bessie Coleman was a very determined woman and she did succeed in getting her pilot's license in Paris. This earned her the distinction of becoming the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license. In fact, she became quite the flying sensation and was named "the world's greatest woman flyer" in 1922.
Quote of the Day - "The only failure is not to try." - George Clooney
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