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Left to right: Burke Lakefront Airport Commissioner Michael Barth, IWASM Director Joan Hrubec, IWASM President Connie Luhta, Cheryl Ginsberg (granddaughter of Connie Luhta’s 1966 Powder Puff Derby co-pilot Janet Page) Cuyahoga County Commissioner…

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A group of Ninety-Nines gathers in a hotel room during the 1976 Ninety-Nines Convention to discuss the proposed Ninety-Nines Museum, which would later become IWASM.

IWASM's first president Doris Scott sits reclined on the bed in the center,…

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The IWASM Board meeting attendees at the May 1991 Annual Meeting. The meeting took place in the exhibit area of the Asahel Wright Home, Centerville, OH.

From left to right, front row: Sarah Byrn Rickman, Bernice "B" Steadman, Nancy Hopkins Tier,…

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At the September 20, 1997 IWASM Board of Trustees meeting, Connie Luhta succeeds Bernice "B" Steadman as Board President.

Standing, L-R: Doris Miller, Susan Schulhoff Lau, B Steadman, Connie Luhta, Bill Miller, Joan Hrubec, Caro Bayley Bosca,…

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Harriet Quimby’s flying costume on display at the International Women’s Air and Space Museum (IWASM), circa 1991.

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Nancy Hopkins Tier sitting next to a cake celebrating the International Women's Air and Space Museum (IWASM)’s first anniversary at the Asahel Wright house in Centerville, Ohio.

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The International Women's Air and Space Museum (IWASM) opened in its first physical location in 1986 in the century home of Asahel Wright, the great-uncle of the Wright brothers. It stayed at its Centerville, Ohio location until 1998 when it moved…

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This home is located in Centerville, Ohio, and it belonged to the great-uncle of the famous Wright brothers, Asahel Wright. In 1986, this historic home became the first physical location of the International Women's Air and Space Museum (IWASM).…

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The International Women's Air and Space Museum (IWASM) first opened 1986 in the century home of Asahel Wright, the great-uncle of the Wright brothers. It stayed at its Centerville, Ohio location until 1998 when it moved into its current location at…

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The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Centerville and the International Women's Air and Space Museum on February 12, 1986.
Left to right: City of Centerville Mayor Shirley Heintz and IWASM President Nancy Hopkins Tier.
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