Editing Barnstorming (section)

====Women and minorities====
Barnstorming was performed not only by former military men, but also by women, minorities, and minority women.<ref name=bessie>{{cite web|author1=David H. Onkst|title=Women in History: Bessie Coleman|url=https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/nv/about/?cid=nrcs144p2_037528|website=USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service|publisher=[[U.S. Department of Agriculture]]|access-date=26 March 2015|archive-date=16 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216203428/http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/nv/about/?cid=nrcs144p2_037528|url-status=dead}}</ref> For example, on July 18, 1915, [[Katherine Stinson]] became the first woman in the world to perform a loop.<ref name=southern/> [[Bessie Coleman]], an [[African-American]] woman, "not only thrilled audiences with her skills as a barnstormer, but she also became a [[role model]] for women and African Americans. Her very presence in the air threatened prevailing contemporary stereotypes. She also fought [[Racial segregation in the United States|segregation]] when she could by using her influence as a celebrity."<ref name=bessie/>