# Queen Bess

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- Authors: [Doris L. Rich](https://www.bookquiver.com/doris-l-rich)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 1995-05-17

## Description

Queen Bess honors the brief but intense life of Bessie Coleman, America's first female aviator of African American and Native American heritage, who defied the strictures of race, sex, and society in pursuit...

## Editions

### Queen Bess

- Publisher: smithsonian_books
- ISBN: 978-15-6098-618-8
- Pages: 186
- Published: 1995-05-17
- Language: en_US