Tucson Festival of Books

No Glass Ceilings Here!


Someone had to be the first woman, whether as a pilot of color, reporting from a men's locker room, or entering the C-suite after secretarial education. Come celebrate these women who fought traditional gender roles and became extraordinary through the lens of history.


Panelists
Carole Hopson

Carole Hopson is a Boeing 737 captain for United Airlines, based in Newark, New Jersey. After a 20-year career as a journalist and executive for iconic brands like the NFL, Foot Locker, and L’Oréal, Carole followed her dream to become a pilot....

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Vanda Krefft

Vanda Krefft has written about women’s issues and popular culture for leading national magazines, including Elle, Redbook, Woman’s Day and Woman’s World, as well as newspapers worldwide through syndication....

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Melissa Ludtke

Melissa Ludtke was a reporter for Sports Illustrated and Time and edited Nieman Reports at Harvard University. Her books include "On Our Own," "Unmarried Motherhood in America," and "Touching Home in China....

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Books:
A Pair of Wings
A Novel
Carole Hopson
Fiction / Literature
Henry Holt and Company
August 2024
ISBN 9781250347213
432 pages
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Expect Great Things!
How the Katharine Gibbs School Revolutionized the American Workplace for Women
Vanda Krefft
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Algonquin Books
March 2025
ISBN 9781643753171
240 pages
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Locker Room Talk
A Woman’s Struggle to Get Inside
Melissa Ludtke
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Rutgers University Press
August 2024
ISBN 9781978837782
374 pages
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