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Pauline Gower: Pioneering Leader of the Spitfire Women with Alison Hill

Pauline Gower: Pioneering Leader of the Spitfire Women with Alison Hill

FromThe Damcasters - The Aviation History Podcast


Pauline Gower: Pioneering Leader of the Spitfire Women with Alison Hill

FromThe Damcasters - The Aviation History Podcast

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Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Apr 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week I'm joined by poet and author Alison Hill whose new biography of Pauline Gower, the pilot who would spearhead the Women's Section of the ATA and ensure her pilots received equal pay for equal work, is one I was thoroughly moved by. In this episode, we discuss Pauline's early career, when she formed a nascent airline with friend Dorothy Spicer, whose book of their escapades received a rare positive review from the formidable Aeroplane Magazine editor C.G. Grey.Check out Alison's book, Pauline Gower, Pioneering Leader of the Spitfire Women, at our Bookshop here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11015/9780750996822You can follow Alison on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/rhythmandmuse, and her website is: https://www.alisonhillpoetry.com/Please check out our sponsor, the Pima Air and Space Museum, through the links below:Visit the Pima Air and Space Museum’s website here: https://pimaair.org/
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Released:
Apr 20, 2023
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Welcome to The Damcasters, a podcast covering aviation history from when Pontius was a Pilate to today and beyond, brought to you in association with the Pima Air and Space Museum. Every week, we will be taking a fresh look at the history of both civil and military flying, from the earliest days of people jumping off of rocks and hoping to survive to the latest in unmanned flight. While it is inevitable that we will we can get a bit avgeek-y, we aim to be as inclusive as possible so that if you have even a passing interest in flight, we will have something for you.