Bessie Coleman Research Paper

“I refused to take no as an answer.” What Bessie Coleman meant by this was that she wanted to become a pilot even though she was an African American Woman. But when she was alive it was very hard to become what an African American woman wanted to become. Gender and racial discrimination was a huge problem at the time that Bessie was alive and it was nearly impossible to pursue your dreams. Bessie was really determined to find a way to make her name big in the aviation industry. Bessie Coleman impacted society by becoming the first African American woman to be a pilot, Inspiring other people to become pilots and changed the aviation industry forever. Bessie Coleman, all though her real name was “Elizabeth”, was born on January 26th 1892 in Atlanta, Texas and later moved and grew up in Waxahachie, Texas. She grew up in a full family of 13 people and was the tenth child to be born. As she grew up, her family was very poor and worked in a family owned cotton farm when she was old enough to help her family make money. Her family only made enough money for Bessie to attend one year of school when they were met by student debt. But Bessie didn’t let that stop her, Bessie grew up to a determined woman and wanted to become a airplane pilot. But as a African American woman that was very hard.

But Bessie didn’t care for she was a strong and determined woman and wanted to pursue her dreams of becoming a airplane pilot. Bessie applied for all the aviation school’s she could in the U.S but didn’t get accepted to any because she was Black and a women. So, she decided to teach herself French and got accepted at Fédération Aéronautique Internationale in France and became the First African American women to get their aviation license and she made her dream come true and became airplane pilot. After she became a pilot she started to do aerial shows and she became famous all throughout the