Watch the trailer for Soar, Elinor!

In 1930, The New Yorker Magazine said “(F)eminism would do rather well to claim Miss Smith.”

Elinor Smith wasn’t just an aviation pioneer. She blazed a trail for women to be treated the same as men in the air and on the ground. What did it mean to be a feminist in 1930– and what does it mean today?   Download a free Women’s History Month activity kit with a board game, seek and find, and more. (PDF download)

Interviews? Vocabulary? Geography? Prose and poetry writing? Reading Comprehension? Fun, teacher and kid friendly SOAR, ELINOR! activities, keyed to current curriculum standards, including projects and discussion starters for older kids. Download the free curriculum guide here. (PDF download)

Elinor had her own weekly radio show. Click her publicity poster to connect to a 1920′s radio station with songs from the roaring 20′s.

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Come into the cockpit!  Click this photo of an airshow at Roosevelt Field to connect to live broadcasts from air traffic control all over the U.S.

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Every day I post a new milestone of women’s aviation on my blog page  On The Fly.

Actual newsreel footage of Elinor smashing the endurance record!

And more newsreels- Elinor flies high, achieving an altitude record!