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Willa Brown

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American pilot and aviation educator (1906-1992)

United StatesLived 1906 to 1992 · aged 86
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Willa Beatrice Brown was an American aviator, lobbyist, teacher, and civil rights activist. S. to have both a pilot's license and an aircraft mechanic's license.

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A young Willa Brown on an airfieldA young Willa Brown on an airfieldLola Albright (left) and Willa Brown (right) at Harlem Airport, Chicago Illinois, USALola Albright (left) and Willa Brown (right) at Harlem Airport, Chicago Illinois, USAOffice for Emergency Management publication featuring BrownOffice for Emergency Management publication featuring Brown

Awards 3

2022National Aviation Hall of Fame
2012Kentucky Women Remembered
Distinguished Alumni

Connected to Willa 6

Anne BradenAlso won Kentucky Women RememberedNancy Harkness LoveAlso won National Aviation Hall of FameMary Carson BreckinridgeAlso won Kentucky Women RememberedBen RichAlso won National Aviation Hall of FameJean RitchieAlso won Kentucky Women RememberedFrederick RentschlerAlso won National Aviation Hall of Fame

About this person

Willa Beatrice Brown was an American aviator, lobbyist, teacher, and civil rights activist. She was the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license in the United States, the first African American woman to run for the United States Congress, first African American officer in the Civil Air Patrol, and first woman in the U.S. to have both a pilot's license and an aircraft mechanic's license.

Country
United States
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1906 to 1992 · aged 86
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11 languages

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