The first women to break the sound barriers, get several medals of honor, and an extraordinary Air Force pilot. When most people talk about World War II they usually do not think of Jacqueline Cochran. If you are familiar with the WASPS, also known as Women Airforce Service Pilots, then you will definitely know about Jacqueline Cochran and what she contributed to the devastating World War II. By reading this paper you will learn a little more about women's involvement with the Air Force during World War II. Many people believe that women have been overlooked during this time period. I hope to expand your knowledge a little more on this topic. Jacqueline Cochran birth name was Bessie Lee Pittman. She was born on May 11, 1906 in the ghost town of Muscogee, Florida. Sadly, she was an orphan. Her family and she lived in poverty their whole life. When Jacqueline turned eight her family and she moved all the way to Georgia where she started working on the family cotton mill. At the young age of only 14 she married Robert Cochran. They had a baby boy
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While studying navigation, she organized a cosmetics line called Jacqueline Cochran Cosmetics but she could not run a makeup line and be an amazing pilot so it was later sold in 1963. You can not be a record breaking pilot and a owner of a cosmetics brand all at the same time. Cochran got her pilot license in 1932. Soon after getting her licence she began to put herself in many races and fell in love with flying. Everyone knew her as a record breaking star. She flew in the Bendix transcontinental race three years after getting her pilot license. In 1938, she won an award that many pilots do not receive in their lives, the Bendix Trophy. She met an altitude mark of 55,253 feet in 1961. During World War II she was the first women to fly a bomber across the Atlantic Ocean, she's faster than
While studying navigation, she organized a cosmetics line called Jacqueline Cochran Cosmetics but she could not run a makeup line and be an amazing pilot so it was later sold in 1963. You can not be a record breaking pilot and a owner of a cosmetics brand all at the same time. Cochran got her pilot license in 1932. Soon after getting her licence she began to put herself in many races and fell in love with flying. Everyone knew her as a record breaking star. She flew in the Bendix transcontinental race three years after getting her pilot license. In 1938, she won an award that many pilots do not receive in their lives, the Bendix Trophy. She met an altitude mark of 55,253 feet in 1961. During World War II she was the first women to fly a bomber across the Atlantic Ocean, she's faster than