Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Daphne Pearson
Standard Name: Pearson, Daphne
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19 July 1940: Daphne Pearson, a corporal in the WAAF, became...
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19 July 1940
Daphne Pearson
, a corporal in the WAAF
, became the first woman to win the Empire Gallantry Medal, for rescuing a pilot from a crashed and burning plane.
Steele, Sir Richard, and Joseph Addison, editors. The Guardian. J. Tonson.
