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Constance Babington Smith

Constance Babington Smith MBE FRSL was a British journalist and writer. Having worked for The Aeroplane magazine before World War II, her knowledge of aircraft led her to the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. She served with the Central Interpretation Unit (CIU) at RAF Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, earning the rank of Flight Officer.
Working on interpretating aerial reconnaissance photographs, Constance was credited with the discovery of the V1 flying bomb at Peenemunde, Germany.
In 1945 she was awarded the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE). After VE-Day (Victory in Europe) on 8 May 1945, Constance was attached to U.S. Air Force Intelligence in Washington, D.C. to continue workingon photographic interpretation, this time for the Pacific theatre. In 1946, she was awarded her the U.S.’s Legion of Merit.

A J Green Armytage

Amy Julia Green-Armytage was a novelist, historian and philanthropist and an expert on the local history of Bristol (United Kingdom). Together with her life-long friend, Rose Mabel Lewis (1853-1928), Amy wrote three books under the pen name Lewis Armytage: Out of Tune (London, 1887); The Blue Mountains: And Other Stories for Children (London: W.H. Allen and Co, 1890); Spindle and Shears: A Welsh Story (London, W.H. Allen and Co., 1891). She also wrote Maids of Honours: sketches of distinguished single women (Blackwood and Sons).

A C Bilbrew

Known as Madame A. C. Bilbrew, A. C. Harris Bilbrew was an American poet, musician, composer, playwright, clubwoman, and radio personality who lived in South Los Angeles. In 1923, she became the first black soloist to sing on a Los Angeles radio program. In the early 1940s, she hosted the city’s first African-American radio music program, The Gold Hour. LA County Library’s Willowbrook branch is named in her honor.