Jacqueline Cochran Papers. 1930 - 1975. General Files

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Jacqueline Cochran Papers. 1930 - 1975. General Files

1933-1975

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/580729

This series contains Jacqueline Cochran's subject and correspondence files and includes letters, memorandums, flight logs, passports, address books and reports.

Approximately 210,400 pages

eng, Latn

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6484557

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

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Cochran, Jacqueline, 1906?-1980

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Jacqueline Cochran, cosmetics executive and world-famous aviatrix, was the product of obscure origins. Born Bessie Pittman, born 1906/1908/1910, in northwest Florida (sources differ on her birth year). The Pittmans were and impoverished family that moved from one town to another in search of work. Even as a child, Bessie possessed an unusual amount of drive and ambition. She resented the limited opportunities available to her in such an environment, especially after she was told the Pittmans wer...