My latest publications: Pioneer aviator Ruth Bancroft Law, flight attendants book review.

 My latest publications are in the autumn 2022 issue of Aviation History magazine:

"125 Pounds of Nerve and Pluck" is a short article on pioneer aviator Ruth Bancroft Law (1887–1970), who waged a campaign to fly with the Army Signal Corps in World War I. The sixth woman to earn a US pilot's license, the first US female flight instructor, and the first to fly airmail in the Philippines (among other milestone-setting), Law also became a part of Dodgers lore with her participation in an infamous grapefruit stunt.



Update, 7-16-22: HistoryNet has posted my article online (under the title "Female Flyers: Meet the Woman Who Strapped Her Feet to a Plane")

 

 I review The Great Stewardess Rebellion by Nell McShane Wulfhart, which focuses on key flight attendants who fought sexual discrimination and harassment, advancing equity in the workplace.

 

Take me out to the (historical) ball game.

The Baseball Historian is presenting podcasts of classic moments in baseball history and interviews with players. Recent programs focus on Sandy Koufax, Roger Maris, Pee Wee Reese, Babe Ruth, and the 1949 World Series.

For more on Koufax, listen to this NPR piece on famed broadcaster Vin Scully's call of Koufax's no-hitter on June 30, 1962.

About the photo: Babe Ruth (right) with Gen. "Black Jack" Pershing, May 28, 1924. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, reproduction no. LC-DIG-npcc-11507.