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Beyond the Sky: The Passions of Millicent Bryant, Aviator by
Author: James Vicars
Soft cover, good condition.
Beyond the Sky: The Passions of Millicent Bryant, Aviator by James Vicars is a compelling biographical work that traces the extraordinary life of Millicent Maude Bryant (1878‑1927), the first woman in Australia and the wider British Commonwealth outside Britain to earn a pilot’s licence in 1927. Drawing on her own rediscovered letters, writings and a rich archive of historical sources, Vicars paints a vivid picture of a woman whose ambitions soared far beyond the cockpit: she was a motor‑driver who clocked more than 35,000 miles around New South Wales, a property‑developer, a student of Japanese, a mother of three, and a politically engaged citizen in a society that still largely confined women to domestic spheres. The narrative also revisits her tragic end—drowning in the Sydney harbour ferry disaster—and reflects on how her legacy had been almost forgotten until this thorough recovery. More than a mere aviation history, it explores how a determined individual challenged social, marital and gender conventions during early twentieth‑century Australia, reminding us that Bryant’s passions reached well beyond the sky. (Goodreads)
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