Jacqueline Cochran Papers. 1930 - 1975. Scrapbook Files

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Jacqueline Cochran Papers. 1930 - 1975. Scrapbook Files

1932-1971

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/580904

This series contains publications, newspaper and magazine clippings and memorabilia collected by Jacqueline Cochran during her aviation career.

Approximately 17,130 pages

eng, Latn

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6484574

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...