Description Marie Marvingt (1875-1973) set the worlds first womens aviation records, won the only gold medal for outstanding performance in all sports, invented the airplane ambulance, was the first female bomber pilot in history, fought in World War I disguised as a man, took part in the Resistance of World War II, was the first to survive crossing the English Channel in a balloon, worked all her life as a journalist, spent years in North Africa and invented metal skis.
Mcfarland & Company Marie marvingt, fianc e of danger: first female bomber pilot, world-class athlete and inventor of the air ambulance, paperback/rosalie maggio
