Read our short biography / fact sheet of Bessie Coleman, an extraordinary woman fighting to achieve her dreams of flying planes at a time when women and black people weren't allowed to do either in America.
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Use this useful writing page when learning about Bessie Coleman. If you are just starting out, children could read our Bessie Coleman fact sheet, then put what they learn into their own words.
Learning about Harriet Tubman, it is hard to imagine the sort of hardship she endured and overcame, and the bravery that would have been needed to return again and again to the south to rescue more slaves to freedom.