Too often little attention is paid to individual talent. instead, education goes on dividing people according to their sex, and putting them in little feminine or masculine pigeonholes ... Girls are shielded and sometimes helped so much that they lose initiative and begin to believe the signs 'Girls don't' and 'Girls can't' which mark their paths... Consequently, it seems almost necessary to evolve different methods of instruction for them when they later take up the same subjects.

I lay no claim to advancing scientific data other than advancing flying knowledge. I can only say that I do it because I want to.

The field was wet, the lane was wet, and the spirits of my mechanic and helper were damp.

Decide...whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.

So I accept these awards on behalf of the cake bakers and all of those other women who can do some things quite as important, if not more important, than flying, as well as in the name of women flying today.

Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others.

Adventure is worthwhile in itself.