Willa Brown
| Description: |
Photograph of Willa Brown, the first minority woman to earn a commercial pilots license, in front of an airplane and surrounded by family members. The photograph was taken at Paul Cox Field in Terre Haute, Indiana. Left to right: Mr. Simeon Brown (father of pilot), Mrs. I. Herman Sloss (Ione), Mrs. Simeon Brown (mother of pilot), Mr. Ephraim Brown (brother of pilot), Miss Willa Bea Brown (pilot), Mr. Cordon Porter, Lola Jones (co-pilot), unidentified, Dr. I. Herman Sloss, Miss Evangeline Harris (Merriweather), Mrs. Simeon Brown, Jr., Mr. Simeon Brown, Jr. |
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| Origin: | 2006-01-17 |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/vchs/id/939 |
| Collection: |
Vigo County Historical Society |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
Copyright Undetermined |
| Subjects: |
African Americans Women Brown, Willa Beatrice, 1906-1992 Air pilots Pilots African American women air pilots Airplanes People Transportation Famous Hoosiers |
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