Brown, Willa B., Coffey School of Aeronautics
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Brown, Willa, 1906-1992
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Willa Brown (b. Jan. 22, 1906, Glasgow, KT–d. July 18, 1992, Chicago, IL) was the first African-American woman to earn her pilot's license in the United States, the first African-American woman to run for the United States Congress, the first African-American officer in the US Civil Air Patrol, and the first woman in the United States to have both a pilot's license and a mechanic's license. Before learning to fly she worked as a high school teacher and a social worker. Brown studied with Corne...
