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Women in aeronautics

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Narrower terms: Women air pilots; Women aircraft industry employees

Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:

Jeanette R. (Rogowski) Witzkowski World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2013-11-27
Contents of the Collection The Jeanette R. (Rogowski) Witzkowski World War II Collection relates to the World War II-era experience of Jeanette Witzkowski, who served as a pilot and air traffic controller during World War II. It includes primarily textual materials and a small amount of photographic prints, with the bulk of the material falling within 1935-1947. Textual materials include Civial Aeronuatics Administration (CAA) air traffic control instructional documents and aircraft clearance forms and...
Dates: 1935-1948,1983; Majority of material found within 1935-1948

Simpson, Anne -- oral history interview, 2016 January 13

 File
Interview Summary Retired airline captain and Museum of Flight Trustee Anne Simpson is interviewed about her 37-year career in the commercial airline industry. She discusses her experiences as a pilot for Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines, where she flew the Boeing 727, Airbus A320, and Boeing 747-400. She also discusses her status as one of the first women pilots to be hired by a major American airline and describes challenges and accomplishments from her career. The interview concludes with an overview...
Dates: 2016 January 13

Webster, Rita M. (Davoly), 1916-2006

 Person
Dates: Existence: 1916-03-19 - 2006-03-19

Women in aeronautics

 Sub-Series
Women in Aeronautics--General Folder 1: "Famed Riveter in War Effort, Rose Monroe Dies at 77," New York Times, June 2, 1997"The First Women Fliers; Interesting Old Prints That Show the Real Pioneer Women of the Air a Century and More Before Amelia Earhart and Mrs. Lindbergh," no source, undated"Now Women Pilots Get Their Turn With the Airlines," Parade, June 25, 1978Untitled article written 50 years after the founding of...
Dates: 20th Century

Yi, Soyeon -- oral history interview, 2017 November 28

 File
Interview Summary Astronaut Soyeon Yi is interviewed about her engineering career and her experiences as the first Korean citizen to participate in a spaceflight mission. She discusses her academic work in mechanical engineering at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) during the early 2000s and explains her motivations for applying to the Korean Astronaut Program during her PhD studies. Yi then describes her spaceflight experiences, including her training in Russia with Roscomos, her...
Dates: 2017 November 28

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