• A woman in a flying suit raises her hand in the air.
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    Willa Brown was the first African American woman to earn both a pilot’s license (1938) and a commercial license (1939). Brown was also the first African American woman to become an officer in the Illinois Civil Air Patrol (CAP).  

  • A woman in a flying suit raises her hand in the air.

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