We are spotlighting five influential women in aviation who have been inducted into the WAI Pioneer Hall of Fame. According to ...

Bessie Coleman was one of the first women in America ... the U.S. Though Coffey and Robinson never met Coleman, her story inspired them to move to Chicago to pursue aviation careers.

After reading about the death of Bessie Coleman, the two were inspired to move to Chicago and apply to attend the Curtiss-Wright School of Aviation. They were the masterminds who built their own ...

Bessie Coleman Drive at O’Hare International Airport ... Though Coffey and Robinson never met Coleman, her story inspired them to move to Chicago to pursue aviation careers.

Elizabeth Coleman, better known as Bessie, was the first Black woman and ... Delaney hoped to stress how “Queen Bess” inspired others. She read “Flying Free” to the students and passed ...

the son of slaves who became the first Black general in the U.S. Army; and Bessie Coleman, the first Black ... innovators and leaders who inspired them to achieve their dreams and seek new points ...

“They were the people like Charles Lindbergh and Bessie Coleman who were breaking all ... including some African American pilots, and they inspired him to head in that direction career wise.” ...

How the first Black woman pilot left her mark on Jacksonville and future aviators Bessie Coleman was an ambitious young woman, inspired by Black pilots in World War I. Her accomplishments inspired ...

There are thousands of women upon whose shoulders we stand today — women who defied expectations, shattered barriers, and created paths for us to walk freely. The privileges we enjoy today were ...