Thesis
Although women were often thought to be incapable of participating in the military, Jacqueline Cochran showed leadership by pushing women aviators to break through barriers of discrimination. Women Air force Service Pilots proved they could handle themselves as aviators by safely completing ferrying jobs, freeing men to fight and defeat Germany in World War II, and conquer social standards leaving a lasting legacy for future generations to come.
"In the field of aviation, the real 'bottle neck' in the long run is likely to be trained pilots." -Jacqueline Cochran World War II After the devastating bombing of Pearl Harbor, the U.S. declared war on Japan and Germany, and women began to work to fill the empty positions left by those fighting. Although a great deal wanted to help in the war efforts as pilots, women were considered incapable of flying no matter how skilled they were. They wanted to do a “man’s job”.
The Fifinella Gazette:
Life inside the WASP as told by trainees
“Women sometimes did a better job than their male counterparts.” -Eleanor Roosevelt |
http://libguides.msmary.edu/c.php?g=11466&p=59955
"If you will open up your power plants of vitality and energy, clean up your spark plugs of ambition and desires, and pour in the fuel of work, you will be likely to go places and do things." -Jacqueline Cochran |