In February 1946, Commander Hancock became the Assistant Director (Plans) of the Women’s Reserve and was promoted to WAVES’ Director, with the rank of Captain, in July of that year. She guided the WAVES through the difficult years of Naval contraction in the later 1940s and the expansion of the early 1950s, a period that also saw the Navy’s women achieve status as part of the Regular Navy.
WWII military pilot active in the fight for veteran status for the WASPs and the first WASP to be buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.
Captain Rosemary Mariner was a pioneer female naval aviator.
A young college graduate who joined the military following the Pearl Harbor attack
1930s American pilot
Chinese American WII military pilot
The first Latina U.S. military pilot
As the first Asian American female pilot, Katherine Cheung worked to publicize aviation to the Asian American communities.
African-American pilot in the mid-1900s
Brown earned her pilot license in 1938, her commercial license in 1939 and earned her Master Mechanic Certificate in 1935.