#ModernHeroMonday - If you missed our grand finale #DareMightyThings interview with the incredible Major Jacquelyne Nichols (USMCR), you can watch it now on our page!
INTERVIEW LINK:
https://t.co/eAKeHU4bNI
DONATE: https://t.co/D1ygIeeZbe
In 1944, Mary Gosnell and Dora Dougherty-Strother were assigned a shuttle mission to deliver top-secret hardware to Albuquerque, New Mexico. In order to maintain secrecy, they locked themselves in the cockpit until all cargo was loaded and unloaded. #topgun#mission#WASP#fyp
"You cannot really explain what a pleasure it was to be able to do and learn all we did. It was hard work but we all buckled down and we were all facing the same thing so when we got that opportunity to get our medal..." - Beverly Beesemyer, 44-W-6
#fyp#womenshistorymonth#fly
#ThankYouDonors for helping us recognize #Blackaviators during #BlackHistoryMonth.
"We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends." - Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune.
Think #JohnWick4 is #badass, did you know that during #WWII a group of women took to the skies as the United States’ first women to pilot military aircraft?
Propelled by passion and duty, the Women Airforce Service Pilots (#WASP) flew a total of 60 million miles!
@airandspace
Meet Mae Jemison! On September 12, 1992, she became the first Black woman in space as a member of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. After NASA, Mae established her own tech research company that encourages science, technology, and social change.
@maejemison@NASA#WomenInSTEM