Flygirl

(as recommended by Mighty Girl)
All Ida Mae Jones wants to do is fly. Her daddy was a pilot, and years after his death she feels closest to him when she’s in the air. But as a young black woman in 1940s Louisiana, she knows the sky is off limits to her, until America enters World War II, and the Army forms the WASP, Women Airforce Service Pilots. Ida has a chance to fulfill her dream if she is willing to use her light skin to pass as a white girl. Read More…

IF SHE CAN SEE IT, SHE CAN BE IT®