"Flying Into Yesterday: My Search for the Curtiss-Wright Aeronautical Engineering Cadettes"
Flying Into Yesterday tells the long-buried story of the Curtiss-Wright Cadettes, 918 brave and bright young women (including the author’s mother) who learned how to design airplanes at seven topnotch universities. Their work helped salvage the Curtiss-Wright Airplane Company from its own engineering deficiencies, proving the capabilities of women in yet another “male-only” field and opening a door for women to co-create the shape of future aviation. Lenthe tracks an amazing story of women who weren’t supposed to be aeronautical engineers that had been deliberately cut from American history. Questions and answers to follow the presentation. Refreshments available.