Gertrude Tompkins Silver
A total of 38 WASP lost their lives during World War II; to date, Silver is the only one who remains missing.
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Col. Merryl Tengesdal
US Air Force veteran
Shenandoah D Ellis-Ulmer
Shenandoah D. Ellis-Ulmer served in the US Air Force for 21 years beginning in 1994 and attained the rank of master sergeant.
Dr Christyl C Johnson
NASA Deputy Associate Administrator, Space Technology Mission Directorate
Nancy Bird Walton
In 1934, Nancy Bird Walton became Australia’s first female commercial pilot.
Millicent Bryant
The first Australian woman to get a pilot’s licence
Hazel Raines
An accomplished aviator, Hazel Raines was the first woman in Georgia to earn a pilot’s license. She began her career as a stunt flyer, performing in daring aviation shows. As one of the first female pilots in the air force, Raines served as a lieutenant in World War II (1941-45) and the Korean War (1950-53).
Catherine Vail Bridge
WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) during WWII
Ida Mae Hampton Wassell
Ida Mae Hampton Wassell was an early pioneer in the world of women’s aviation
Jeannette Ridlon Piccard
The first woman ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church; she piloted a balloon nearly 58,000 feet over Lake Erie in 1934 to study the effects of cosmic rays in the stratosphere. She was the first woman to enter space, and hers was the first successful stratospheric flight made through a layer of clouds with a balloon that remained under control for the entire flight