Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Jacqueline Cochran (May 11, 1906 – August 9, 1980) was an American pilot and business executive. She pioneered women's aviation as one of the most prominent racing pilots of her generation. She pioneered women's aviation as one of the most prominent racing pilots of her generation.
Jacqueline Cochran largely undermined their testimony, talking about her concerns that setting up a special program to train a woman astronaut could hurt the space program. She proposed a project with a large group of women, and expected a significant amount to drop out due to reasons like "marriage, childbirth, and other causes". [ 7 ]
Kent Haruf, author of The Tie That Binds, received the Whiting Award and a special Hemingway Foundation/PEN citation (Turkey 1966–68) George B. Hutchinson, author of In Search of Nella Larsen (Burkina Faso 1975–77) Roland Merullo, author of Leaving Losapas, In Revere, In Those Days, and Breakfast with Buddha (Micronesia 1979–80)
The museum is intended to spotlight an array of Sooner State celebrities, like Blake Shelton, The Flaming Lips, the Gap Band and the late Toby Keith.
The Women's Flying Training Detachment was a group of women pilots during World War II.Their main job was to take over male pilot's jobs, such as ferrying planes from factories to United States Army Air Force installations, in order to free male pilots to fight overseas.
The Schusterman family contributes significantly to Tulsa based organizations and causes, and has been recognized for impact in K12 through collegiate education by Tulsa Community College. [27] They are responsible for bringing Teach For America to Tulsa schools, [ 28 ] and have supported the Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance, [ 29 ] Green County ...
Jackie Cochran may refer to: Jacqueline Cochran (1906–1980), female pioneer American aviator Jackie Lee Cochran (1934–1998), male American rockabilly musician
East Central was founded in 1904 as an independent school district. The original combined school was built on the northeast corner of what is now Admiral Blvd. and Garnett Road in 1927 that supported an elementary school, a junior high school, and high school.