Brown, Willa, 1906-1992
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שם ראשי (לועזית)
Brown, Willa, 1906-1992
רמיזות
Brown Chappell, Willa Beatrice, 1906-1992
Chappell, Willa Beatrice Brown, 1906-1992
תאריך לידה
1906-01-22
תאריך פטירה
1992-07-18
מדינות קשורות
United States
מקצוע
Air pilots
Training planes
מגדר
female
MARC
MARC
מקורות מידע
- African American National Biography, accessed December 27, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Brown, Willa; Willa Beatrice Brown; pilot, aviation educator; born 22 January 1906 in Glasgow, Kentucky, United States; joined the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority (1923); received bachelor's degree from Indiana State Normal School majored in business (1931); chaired the commercial department of just opened Roosevelt School, Gary, Indiana (1931); worked at University of Chicago's medical school (1937-1939); joined the Challenger Aero Club (1934); earned a student license (1937) and a private pilot license (1938) from Aeronautical University; was a secretary of National Airmen's Association of America (NAAA) (1937); director and co-founder of Coffey School of Aeronautics (1938); received a commercial pilot license with a ground instructor rating and a radio license (1939); appointed federal coordinator for the Chicago unit of the Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP) (1940-1943); became member of Civilian Air Patrol (CAP) in Illinois (1942); worked at the Great Lakes Naval Training Base, Waukegan (1955); appointed to the Federal Aviation Administration's Women's Advisory Committee on Aviation (1971-1974); invited to speak at the Tuskegee Airmen's fourth annual convention (1974); honored as a pioneer in "Black Wings" exhibition at National Air and Space Museum (1982); died 18 July 1992 in Chicago, Illinois, United States)
- Willa Brown, 2006:title frame (Willa Brown) container (Willa Beatrice Brown)
- Aviation Online Magazine website, Dec. 9, 2009(Willa Beatrice Brown Chappell, Willa Brown; groundbreaking African-American pilot and the first African-American woman to run for Congress; b. January 1906 in Glasgow, Kentucky; d. July 1992 in Chicago, Illinois)
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"Willa Beatrice Brown, a 31-year-old Negro American, serves her country by training pilots for the U.S. Army Air Forces. She is the first Negro woman to receive a commission as a lieutenant in the U.S. Civil Air Patrol."
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