Brown, Willa, 1906-1992

LC control no.	no2009197670
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Brown, Willa, 1906-1992 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Brown Chappell, Willa Beatrice, 1906-1992 Chappell, Willa Beatrice Brown, 1906-1992
Associated country	United States
Birth date	19060122
Death date	19920718
Place of birth	Glasgow (Ky.)
Place of death	Chicago (Ill.)
Affiliation	Indiana State Normal School University of Chicago Medical Center United States. Federal Aviation Administration Civilian Pilot Training Program (U.S.) Coffey School of Aeronautics National Airmen Association of America (NAAA)
Profession or occupation	Air pilots Training planes
Found in	Willa Brown, 2006: title frame (Willa Brown) container (Willa Beatrice Brown) Aviation Online Magazine website, Dec. 9, 2009 (Willa Beatrice Brown Chappell, Willa Brown; groundbreaking African-American pilot and the first African-American woman to run for Congress; b. January 1906 in Glasgow, Kentucky; d. July 1992 in Chicago, Illinois) African American National Biography, accessed December 27, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Brown, Willa; Willa Beatrice Brown; pilot, aviation educator; born 22 January 1906 in Glasgow, Kentucky, United States; joined the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority (1923); received bachelor's degree from Indiana State Normal School majored in business (1931); chaired the commercial department of just opened Roosevelt School, Gary, Indiana (1931); worked at University of Chicago's medical school (1937-1939); joined the Challenger Aero Club (1934); earned a student license (1937) and a private pilot license (1938) from Aeronautical University; was a secretary of National Airmen's Association of America (NAAA) (1937); director and co-founder of Coffey School of Aeronautics (1938); received a commercial pilot license with a ground instructor rating and a radio license (1939); appointed federal coordinator for the Chicago unit of the Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP) (1940-1943); became member of Civilian Air Patrol (CAP) in Illinois (1942); worked at the Great Lakes Naval Training Base, Waukegan (1955); appointed to the Federal Aviation Administration's Women's Advisory Committee on Aviation (1971-1974); invited to speak at the Tuskegee Airmen's fourth annual convention (1974); honored as a pioneer in "Black Wings" exhibition at National Air and Space Museum (1982); died 18 July 1992 in Chicago, Illinois, United States)