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Header for “Birds of a Feather” feature that profiled local aviatrixes in The Pittsburgh Press, March 13, 1932

Breaking Barriers and Soaring Into History: Pittsburgh's 'Three Helens' During the Golden Age of Aviation

Black and white photograph of a woman sitting behind a desk. She has short, wavy hair and wears glasses. The desk is covered in rectangular carpet samples and blueprints are spread across the desk. A black telephone rests on the desk amid the supplies.

How One of the First Female Civil Engineers Transformed Railroad Passenger Service

Cover of the autobiography of Beba Epstein written in the 1933-34 school year, with a picture of her. (Photo credit: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. The Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania is the custodian of Beba Epstein’s autobiography, which was digitized with their consent as part of the Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections project)

How the Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Girl Inspired an Exhibition

Jessica Cox sitting in her Ercoupe. (Photo courtesy of Jessica Cox)

Jessica Cox Flies in the Face of Challenges

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