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March is Women’s History Month – Women in AVIATION
We have all heard of female aviators and their accomplishments: Harriet Quimby the first American woman to earn a pilot’s license; Amelia Earhart the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean; and Bessie Coleman the first African-American … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA), Female aviators, female combat pilots, female pilots, herstory, inspiration, Inspired by my mom, inspiring story, inspiring women, Marie Marvingt, Night Witches, Second World War, Woman in wars, women in aviation, World War 1, WW 2
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Inspiring Women of WW I : The Hello Girls and Their 60 Year Fight for Veteran Status
While the US Air Force was in its infant stages in 1917 another unit was being formed by Brig. General John Pershing. This one was to be made up of woman pioneers who would become the US Army’s first female … Continue reading
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Tagged 1917, female entrepreneur, female veterans, General Pershing, Grace Banker, herstory, inspiration, Inspired by my mom, inspiring story, inspiring women, Remembering the Great War, Remembrance Day, The Great War, The Hello Girls, US in WW1, Veteran's Day, veterans, wartime, women in wartime, World War 1, WW1
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Inspiring Women of World War I : Nurse and Poet Eva Dobell
Born Eveline Jessie Dobell in Gloucestershire, England, poet Eva Dobell was the daughter of wine merchant and local historian Clarence Mason Dobell and the niece of Victorian poet Sydney Dobell. She volunteered to join the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) as … Continue reading
Remembering the Inspiring Women of World War I
In remembrance of the 100th anniversary of “The Great War” or “World War I” and the woman behind the soldiers on the front lines, I will be posting several stories over the next few months highlighting some of the incredible … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia in WW1, Britain in WW1, Canada, Canada in WW1, First World War, Grandmother, herstory, inspiration, Inspired by my mom, inspiring story, Mother, nursing in wartime, Poland, Remembering the Great War, The Great War, wartime, Woman, Woman in wars, World War 1, WWI
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