Willa Brown
(1906-1992)
American aviator, educator, activist
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Willa Beatrice Brown (January 22, 1906 – July 18, 1992) was an American aviator, lobbyist, teacher, and civil rights activist. She was the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license in the United States, the first African American woman to run for the United States Congress, first African American officer in the Civil Air Patrol, and first woman in the U.S. to have both a pilot's license and an aircraft mechanic's license.
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22 January 1906 Glasgow, Kentucky
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18 July 1992 (aged 86) Chicago, Illinois, US
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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