She had certainly managed to achieve the respect of her male peers, was great fun to fly with , tolerant, unflappable and devoid of any ego that would be likely to get in the way of her thoroughly professional teaching style - more than can be said for a few male instructors I've met. So any budding female instructors out there, if you've got the ability and the confidence, go for it.
That's inspiring... I have been teaching music for about 7 years, and when I first started out I did find that some blokes, particularly ones much older than me were not taking me seriously, but as I got more experienced that seemed to go away. Probably becuase I am a bit older now... in fact I think the blokes seem to pay more attention than the women in some ways!! Anyway I hope one day when I make it as a flying instructor my students will listen to me!! Perhaps I should get some tips off your instructor, she sounds like she knew what she was doing! :-)
WhirlyGirl