Jacqueline Cochran

Standard Name: Cochran, Jacqueline

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US First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt presented the Marmon Trophy to pilot and cosmetic executive Jacqueline Cochran on behalf of the Ligue Internationale des Aviateurs .

Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.

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American pilot Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to pilot a bomber from Canada to England to help in the war effort.

Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.

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Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.

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American pilot Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to exceed the speed of sound; she thus set the world speed record for a woman pilot.

Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.

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Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.

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