At the turn of the 20th Century, women were demanding more freedom. Women went up in those early wire and fabric contraptions to gain independence, to make money, or to make names as pilots. Tells of Blanche Stuart Scott who made $5,000 a week and broke 41 bones, of Harriet Quimby who flew the English Channel and then fell to her death in 5 feet of water near Boston Harbor, and of Ruth Law and Katherine Stinson, who set distance flying records. Tells tales of women behind the scenes — financiers, engineers, factory workers — from the early days of flight through World War II.