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IWASM Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
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…
Tags: Burke Lakefront Airport, Cleveland, IWASM
Museum Committee at 1976 Ninety-Nines Convention
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,…
IWASM's first president Doris Scott sits reclined on the bed in the center,…
Tags: Doris Scott, IWASM, Philadelphia, The Ninety-Nines
1991 IWASM Board
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,…
From left to right, front row: Sarah Byrn Rickman, Bernice "B" Steadman, Nancy Hopkins Tier,…
Tags: Asahel Wright Home, Centerville, IWASM
Betty Le Fevre
Class of 44-2
"Everybody's out of step but Le Fevre" Deceased
"Everybody's out of step but Le Fevre" Deceased
Helen MacCloskey and Helen Richey
Helen MacCloskey and Helen Richey sit on a plane at the Cord Cup National Air Derby on Saturday August 20, 1932 in Washington, D.C. The Cord Cup National Air Derby was a transcontinental air race that had pilots beginning in Washington D.C. and Los…
Mary Haizlip
Mary Haizlip waves from her American Eagle plane. She is about to take off as a participant in the 1929 First Women's Air Derby from California to Ohio. It lasted from August 18 to August 26. The pioneer aviatrix was the second woman to receive…
Evelyn "Bobbi" Trout
Evelyn "Bobbi" Trout was an early aviator who participated in the 1929 Women's Air Derby. In this picture from 1929, Trout is modeling a newly designed electrically-heated flying suit. Trout and Elinor Smith were the first women's team to set the…
Bessie Coleman in Uniform
Bessie Coleman in a military uniform stands in front of an airplane's front rudder. Coleman was the first African American female pilot and first African American to hold an international pilot license.
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Portrait of Bessie Coleman
A portrait of Bessie Coleman, the first African American female pilot and first African American to hold an international pilot license.
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