1. Teddie states early in the book that she does not intend to marry, but she does plan to "make daring flights across the Atlantic" as an aviatrix.

How do these goals compare to your expectations for fifteen-year-old women of the 1920s?

2. Teddie finds herself caught between a little girl playing with dolls and a "gorgeous dame out flying my airplane." Do today's teen-agers face similar circumstances? What are they?

How are they handled?

3. Hannah believes that young women have only three roles as adults —they can become wives and mothers, nurses, or teachers of young children.

"Anything else was un-natural . . ."

How have these options changed for today's young women? How has this affected our society?

4. Julia's mother is preparing her "for a good marriage, which meant a husband with money and prestige—foreign royalty, maybe." How does Julia foil this plan? Do...