Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman, and also the first woman of Native-American descent, to hold a pilot’s license. Coleman grew up in a cruel world of poverty and discrimination.

The first quarter celebrated writer, performer and social activist Maya Angelou. Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Mexican American journalist Jovita Idar and Bessie Coleman, the first African ...

Early 20th-century America didn’t offer many career paths to people like Bessie Coleman. It was a time when women were discouraged from working outside domestic spheres, and opportunities for ...