02233cam a2200325 i 4500 1427085955 TxAuBib 20240724120000.0 240412s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2024007985 9780806542829 HRD 28.00 0806542829 HRD 28.00 TxAuBib rda Ankeny, Susan Tate, author. American flygirl [BOOK] / Susan Tate Ankeny. New York, NY : Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp, [2024] viii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-255) and index. "In 1932, Hazel Ying Lee, a nineteen-year-old American daughter of Chinese immigrants, sat in on a friend’s flight lesson. It changed her life. In less than a year, a girl with a wicked sense of humor, a newfound love of flying, and a tough can-do attitude earned her pilot’s license and headed for China to help against invading Japanese forces. In time, Hazel would become the first Asian American to fly with the Women Airforce Service Pilots. As thrilling as it may have been, it wasn’t easy. In America, Hazel felt the oppression and discrimination of the Chinese Exclusion Act. In China’s field of male-dominated aviation she was dismissed for being a woman, and for being an American. But in service to her country, Hazel refused to be limited by gender, race, and impossible dreams. Frustrated but undeterred she forged ahead, married Clifford Louie, a devoted and unconventional husband who cheered his wife on, and gave her all for the cause achieving more in her short remarkable life than even she imagined possible.". 20240724. Lee, Hazel Ah Ying 1912-1944. Women air pilots United States Biography. Air pilots, Military United States Biography. World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American. Chinese Americans Biography. Biographies.