No Place for A Lady

Author:  Shirley Render*

The Story of Canadian Women Pilots 1928-1992  

(Excellent book!  Highly recommended!)

No Place for a Lady is the first book ever written about Canada's women pilots.  The stories within, told mostly in the women's own words, are revealing, inspiring, maddening, and often funny.  Based on hundreds of personal interviews with men and women in civil and military aviation, the book reveals the women's determined characters and the often single-minded quest of Canada's female aviators from 1928 to the present.

Over 200 photographs, most never-before published, and visual impetus to this exciting story.

Ordering info:  ISBN 0-9694264-2-9, Portage & Main Press, 389 pages. Cost

$ 39. (hardcover)

Note:  A special order of 1,000 books (soft cover) has just been re-printed.  The Prop Shop at Buttonville has a few in stock - Call Allison at 905-477-8100 or email propshop@torontoairways.com.  The Publisher can be reached at 1-800-667-9673.

About the Author

Shirley Render was a wife and mother of two, with careers in social work, teaching, and the food business behind her, when she decided to get her Masters degree in history.  Her thesis "The Development of Commercial Aviation in Canada" launched Shirley on her career as a well-responded aviation historian and won her the James Gray Medal for History, as well as two Canada Council grants and the 99s Amelia Earhart Award to further her research.  It also launched her on the writing of this book.

* Winner of the 2001 INAC Roll of Honour

Website email:  canadian99s@yahoo.ca