The Captain's a Woman
Author: Deborah Doane Dempsey
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 314
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →But this book clearly shows that Dempsey takes pride not so much in being a trail blazer as in having earned the respect of colleagues by paying her dues and passing the tests faced by any seagoing officer. Now a pilot working the treacherous Columbia River Bar, Dempsey is surprisingly matter-of-fact about her achievements, so it's left to her coauthor, Joanne Reckler Foster, to provide a landlubber's perspective.