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2/10/2021

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1)MATH:

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Notes on Bessie Coleman

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LEARNING INTENTION: I can write a paragraph explaining who Bessie Coleman was and her contribute to the world

SUCCES CRITERIA

Includes the dates she lived and where she lived
Includes details for her early life, middle live and late life
Includes several significant actions she took
Explains why she is significant figure in history

22 Comments

Rhea

2/10/2021 03:57:28 pm

First

Rhea

2/10/2021 03:58:24 pm

Yayyyyy

Matt

2/10/2021 04:02:59 pm

Danise

2/10/2021 04:22:46 pm

2/10/2021 04:23:38 pm

jeffrey

Jason

2/10/2021 04:26:59 pm

Kai

2/10/2021 04:57:56 pm

Matthew

2/10/2021 05:00:32 pm

Elizabeth Bessie Coleman was born on January 26th, 1892 in Texas. Her family was very poor so she only went to university for one term. After, she moved to Chicago to live with her brother. At the time there was a lot of segregation and planes were only flown by men. In 1920, Bessie got on a ship to France to learn how to fly planes, and eventually she earned her flying license. Her first job was a barnstormer, which was people that do flips and tricks in planes. In February 1923, her plane crashed and she had a broken leg and ribs. After, she opened a beauty shop to raise money for a new plane. In 1926, her plane crashed and she died at the age of 36.

Bessie raised money to build a flight school for black people and girls by giving speeches, shows, and reading stories about her adventures. She wanted to do this because she was a black girl and she wanted everyone to have a chance to learn how to fly. It's important to learn about Bessie because she was the first female African-American pilot. To this day. she still is inspiring people to follow their dreams.

Kai

2/10/2021 05:53:53 pm

Bessie Coleman was born on January 26 1892 in Texas and was an early American civil aviator.. Born to a family of sharecroppers in Texas, Coleman worked in the cotton fields at a young age while also studying in a small segregated school. In 1910, she attended one term of college at Langston University, an agricultural school for only black students. She moved to Chicago and lived with her brothers. When one of her brothers returned from his duty in WWI, he told Bessie how French women had better job opportunities; some were even pilots. Coleman developed an early interest in flying, but African Americans, Native Americans, and women had no flight training opportunities in the United States. Determined, Coleman saved money and obtained sponsorships to go to France for flight school. She eventually earned her pilot license from the Federation Aeronautic Internationale on June 15, 1921, and she became the first black person to earn an international pilot's license. She then became a high-profile pilot in notoriously dangerous air shows in the United States. That’s why she was also known as Queen Bess and Brave Bessie. Coleman toured the United States and Europe performing in air shows and giving flight lessons. She hoped to start a school for African-American fliers, especially to women. Back then, black and white viewers at air shows had to enter through different gates, and Coleman refused to perform unless everyone entered through the same gate. Coleman died in a plane crash in 1926. Her pioneering role was an inspiration to early pilots and to the African-American and Native-American communities. I think she is a significant person in history because she was the first black woman to get a pilot license. She's kind of like Sojourner Truth. They both set precedents for black women in their time -- Truth won in a court against a white man and Bessie was the first black woman to get a pilot license.

Tyler

2/10/2021 06:26:35 pm

Besse was a girl who wanted to be a pilot because of her brothers. She wanted to be the first female, and black pilot. She was determined to be the first so she had to go to USA for lessons, she got her passport and said she was 4 years younger than she was. She was rejected in USA so she had to go to France to learn. She was taugh by someone who I can't remember but she took a 7 month course. After, she returned to USA to get lessons since she said she had experience. She got rejected again. She took another year and 5 months of training so she had about 2 years of training. After that she got into a plane flying entertainment thing. She had to get a partner and I have no clue who it was. She didn't have a seatbelt and fell off the plane and she died. The pilot crashed into a tree. She's famous now because she was the first person to be a black female pilot and she once said that if they dont let black people into the same gate as the white people she would stop preforming.

Shirley

2/10/2021 06:52:11 pm

Bessie Coleman was an early American civil aviator. She was the first African-American woman and first Native-American to hold a pilot license. She earned her pilot license from France Internationale on 1921. She is a first black women in the world that who got international pilot license. Unfortunately, On April 30, 1926, Bessie Coleman took a test flight with a mechanic man. He was piloting the plane, as Coleman sat in the passenger seat she did not put her seatbelt on while she in the airplane. Then their airplane has some problems on it, and the man does not how to do so he crash to a tree and died. Coleman was not in the plane because she did not put her seatbelt and she immediately fell out of the open plane and died. Later after Coleman died she became more famous of the world because every one know she is the first person who got pilot license in the world.

Rhea

2/10/2021 07:56:38 pm

Bessie Coleman, born to two African American sharecroppers called George and Susan Coleman, came into the world on January 26, 1892, in Texas. When she was eighteen, Bessie enrolled in an agricultural "blacks-only" university in Oklahoma. However, because of her poverty, Bessie was forced to go back to Texas and wash clothes in a laundry store after one year. In 1915, she moved to Chicago to live with two of her older brothers, called Walter and John Coleman. There, Bessie took a job as a manicurist at a men's barber shop. In 1917, Bessie's two brothers went to Europe to participate in an army during World War I. When they returned to Chicago, they kept saying how black women had limited choices as their careers and whites had more of a variety of opportunities to choose from. Instead of being discouraged, Bessie took that remark as a challenge and started to learn aviation and how to fly. However, back in the 19th century, the United States did not accept women in their training schools, but that did not stop Bessie Coleman. Helped financially by Jesse Binga and Robert Abbott, she travelled all the way to France to train at the Caudron Brothers Aviation School, the best aviation school at that time. After about three years of training, Bessie Coleman set the precedent of the first woman ever receiving an official aviation license. She then returned home in the September of 1921. Bessie wanted to find a job related to aviation, but because of the preliminary development of airplanes, the only suitable job for her was to perform aviation stunts in front a crowd. Coleman quickly realized that to accept such dangerous jobs, she would need further education and training. However, the US still did not accept women aviators, so again, she went to France. After another two months of training, Coleman went to Holland, performed several flights, and met many famous aviators. In early February of 1923, Coleman took off from Santa Monica and planned to ride twenty-five miles to Los Angeles. Terrifyingly, her engine stalled in mid-air and the plane crashed down. Unconscious, Coleman took three months to recover from the crash, but it was two years that it took for her to resume flying. A significant event that happened in her life was her flying stunts on June 19, or Juneteenth. That day was the day that the Texas government banned the slaving of black people. In addition, Bessie also performed a flying performance in her childhood town of Waxahachie. When she saw that the entrance gates to her performance was divided (the white on one gate and the black on the other), she threatened the organizers to make both races walked through the same gate, or else she would not perform. On April 30, William B. Wills (An aviator Bessie hired to fly her so that she could determine the best landing spot for her next performance) cruised Coleman across the sky, when suddenly, the plane abruptly increased in speed, dropped in a tailspin, turned over, and Bessie Coleman plunge to her death at the age of 34 in 1926.

Suhani

2/10/2021 07:56:55 pm

7th

Ryan

2/10/2021 08:19:47 pm

Bessie Coleman was a black American pilot during the 1920s and early 1930s. Coleman was born on January 26, 1892 and was one of many children. Coleman worked in cotton fields for a living and went to a small one room shed school. In 1910, Coleman attended Langston University, she also moved to Chicago and lived with some of her brothers. When one of her brothers returned from duty after WW1, he told Coleman that french women were very successful and that some even went on to become pilots. Coleman decided that she wanted to become a pilot, but segregation and racism was very prevalent at that time and no flight school would accept her. Undeterred Coleman boarded a ship headed for France and found a flight school that would accept her. Coleman was officially the first black American woman pilot on June 15, 1921. Since planes were still a novelty at the time and was not seen as a mode of transportation, Coleman made money by performing stunts in front of crowds. Coleman became famous for performing her stunts and regularly drew a crowd of both black and white people. One famous story tells that one time Coleman performed at a stadium that segregated their entrances. Upon hearing this, Coleman demanded that the entrances be put together so that black and white people would come from the same entrances. Tragically though, Coleman died on April 30th, 1926 when her plane unexpectedly dove toward the ground, she was only 34 years old. Coleman was a pioneer of her time, being the first black woman to ever fly a plane. Her actions set a precedent for many years to come.

Annisa

2/10/2021 08:20:43 pm

Born January 26th, 1892 in Atlanta, Texas, Elizabeth Bessie Coleman would later on change the face of aviation. She was born to George and Suzan Coleman, and they were both African American sharecroppers. In 1894, they moved to Waxahachie Texas for Bessie to attend school. In 1910, Bessie attended the Colored Agricultural and Normal University in Langston, Oklahoma. She was forced to leave after a year because of financial issues so she went back home and earned more money. When she turned 23 and was more financially stable, she moved to Chicago to live with her older brothers, Walter and John. In Chicago, Bessie wanted a better life than just a maid. She enrolled in the Burnham School of Beauty Culture and was hired as a manicurist in a men's barbershop. In 1917, during the start of World War One, her brothers went to Europe for the Illinois all-black 8th Army National Guard. After they returned, one brother teased Bessie about how limited her career choices were, saying that French women had better career advancement opportunities. He additionally added that there were a few French women who became pilots. Bessie took her brother's advice and wanted to fly. She quickly realized that no American aviation school would teach her as she was both black and female. She planned to go to France to train instead, and learned to speak French. She also switched to a better job and enrolled for the aid of African Americans to help her plan work. Robert Abbott, the founder of the Chicago Defender, helped Coleman financially, as well as Jesse Binga. On November 20th, 1920 she went on the SS Imperator in the New York Harbor and went to Europe. She trained at the Caudron Brothers Aviation School founded by René and Gaston Caudron, and was one of the most famous aviation schools in France during that time. She received her pilot's license on June 15th, 1921. Bessie became the first black person whether male, female, or other in the world to receive an international pilot's license. She performed at many air shows, and eventually returned to Waxahachie, Texas. At that air show, Bessie demanded that there would be no segregation, as the audience would enter through the same gate and sit in the same areas, or she would refuse to fly. In January 1926, she gave aviation lectures in Georgia then in Florida. Coleman was scheduled to fly again on May 1st of that year. On April 30th, she was a passenger on her plane because she was determining the best landing spot for her parachute jump the next day. Sadly, the plane spiraled out of control and she fell out of the plane and plummeted to her death. Bessie Coleman is remembered as a pioneer and a precedent because she was the first black person to ever fly a plane, and because she was the face of black female pilots.

Jeffrey

2/10/2021 08:55:01 pm

Bessie Coleman was born in Atlanta, Texas on January 26, 1892. She had twelve brothers and sisters. Her mother, Susan Coleman, worked as an American maid. Her father, on the other hand, left back to Oklahoma in hopes that he could escape discrimination. Her mother decided to stay in Waxahachie, Texas with her children. Coleman Grew up picking cotton and washing laundry to earn extra money. At the age of 18, she had earned enough to attend the Colored Agricultural and Langston University in Langston, Oklahoma. After one semester, she dropped out because she could not afford the expensive price. Later at age 23, Coleman moved in with two of her brothers in Chicago. She found education at Burnham School of Beauty in the year 1915 and became a manicurist in a nearby barbershop. Her brothers returning from their service in the military, they told stories of their time in France. John, one of her brothers, would always tease her about how the woman there, was allowed to fly airplanes whereas she could not. With this constant teasing, she applied to various aviation schools across the world. Robert Abbott, a well-known newspaper publisher, told her that she could learn to fly if she moved to France. At this insight, she started learning french immediately. Soon after she was accepted into Caudron Brother’s School, she achieved an international pilot’s license. This was on June 15, 1921, sent by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. Only two years into her flying career, she was in her first major accident. The plane suddenly stopped running and the plane nose-dived to the ground. She suffered from a broken leg, three broken ribs, and many cuts across her face and torso. It was three months before she could leave the hospital and three years before she got back to performing airshows. At one performance in Texas, the crowd was still segregated so she refused to fly unless they let everyone use the same gate. This act made her famous for standing up to what she believes. In 1926 April 30, Coleman took flight with a mechanic called William Wills. Coleman sat in the backseat scouting for a good spot for the next day’s parachuting. Unfortunately, the plane dove into a tailspin at 3000 feet in the air. Coleman with her seatbelt unbuckled, dropped and fell to her demise. The pilot did not recover control of the plane and crashed into a tree. Although Coleman herself died, her legacy will not.

Rhea

2/10/2021 09:02:58 pm

Nice clear paragraph. You might want to look over your paragraph a bit; there are a few careless mistakes of tenses and grammar, along with some unnecessary words.

Gabriel

2/10/2021 09:50:34 pm

Bessie Coleman was an American aviator and the first Black woman to earn a pilot's license. Bessie was born on January 26, 1892 in Atlanta, Texas. Bessie's job was picking cotton and washing laundry. In 1894, her family moved to Waxahachie Texas for Bessie to go to school. Then in 1910, Bessie attended the Colored Agricultural and Langston University in Langston, Oklahoma, but had to drop out after one term because she couldn't afford it anymore. In 1915, at age 23, Bessie moved to Chicago, she lived with her brothers and worked as a manicurist. In 1921, the time where both gender and racial discrimination was happening. Because Bessie couldn't go attend at the flying schools in the United States, she taught herself French and moved to France to achieve her goal. After only seven months, Bessie earned her license from Caudron Brother's School of Aviation. In 1922, she became the first African American woman in America to make a public flight. After 2 years of her career, she went to perform airshows for people. And that's when the accident happened, the plane had stopped working and it crashed down. Bessie broke many bones and was badly injured, and she had to take 3 months to recover from her accident. In one of her airshows, there were still segregation, and she wanted everyone to enter in the same gate, otherwise she would not fly the plane. This act of her really showed everyone her thinking and made her super famous. On April 30, 1926. Coleman was doing an airshow rehearsal with William Wills. Bessie was sitting in the plane, seatbelt unbuckled, seeking for a good place to parachute. Sadly, the plane went into a tailspin and the pilot lost control and sent her plummeting to her death, and Bessie was just only 34 years old. She should never be forgot because of her precedent she had set for everyone.

Jason

2/10/2021 10:09:39 pm

Sojourner Truth and Bessie Coleman have in common is they both make civls rights for all the black people in both of they're communities. They made rights for women because before everyone thought only men can do this type of job but it's not true all genders can do the job not just men doing the job, and they both travelled around the world to do the same rights for other people around the globe. They've have both did something that it has happened the first time that no one else had done.

Jason

2/10/2021 10:10:19 pm

oops wrong thing

Suhani

2/10/2021 11:47:40 pm

Bessie Coleman was born in Atlanta Texas January 26, 1892. She was an American aviator and the first black women to earn a pilot's licence. Bessie's had a job of picking cotton and also washing laundry to earn money. In 1894, Bessie's family moved to Waxahachie Texas for her to go to school. Then in 1910, she Bessie went at the Colored Agricultural and University in Langston, Oklahoma, but had to go out of a term because, she could not afford anymore. In 1915, at age 23, Bessie moved to Chicago to live with her two elder brothers. She also worked as a manicurist. In 1922, she became the first American African women in America to make a public flight. Then Bessie was doing an airshow and she wanted everyone to enter the same gate, then Bessie would perform. On April 13, 1926. Coleman was doing an airshow rehearsal with William Wills. Bessie's seat unbuckled. Unfortunately, the plane went in a talespin and the pilot had lost control and sent her to her death. Bessie was only 34 years old. She was still famous.

Amrita

2/15/2021 05:42:55 pm

Bessie Coleman was born on January 26, 1892. She was brought up in a Black family in Atlanta, Texas with twelve siblings. Her father was a sharecropper, and her mother was a maid. After Bessie’s father moved back to Oklahoma, her family stayed in Waxahachie, Texas. When Coleman turned 23, she when to stay with her brothers, who teased her of French women could become pilots and she simply could not. This changed Bessie’s mind and she wanted to become a pilot. She started to apply to flight schools, in America but no one would accept her because she was Black and a woman. Robert Abbott (Famous African American newspaper publisher) told Bessie to move to France for flight lessons. Bessie took this advice and flew to France and got into The Caudron Brother’s School of Aviation. On June 15, 1921 Bessie was awarded an international pilot’s license. In 1922, she made her first flight appearance as an African American woman. Even after suffering from a major airphone accident, Bessie still never gave up on flying. On April 30, 1926 Bessie Coleman died at only the age of 34. She became the first Black person to fly.

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