| LC control no. | no2019061897 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Funk, Wally, 1939- |
| Variant(s) | Funk, Mary Wallace, 1939- |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Taos (N.M.) Grapevine (Tex.) |
| Birth date | 1939-02-01 |
| Place of birth | Las Vegas (N.M.) |
| Affiliation | Ninety-Nines (Organization) |
| Profession or occupation | Air pilots Astronauts |
| Found in | Nelson, Sue. Wally Funk's race for space, 2019: title page (Wally Funk) page ix (Mary Wallace Funk) Wikipedia, viewed Aug. 16, 2022: (Wally Funk; Mary Wallace Funk; born February 1, 1939, Las Vegas, New Mexico; grew up in Taos, New Mexico. She is an American aviator and Goodwill Ambassador. She was the first female air safety investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board, the first female civilian flight instructor at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and the first female Federal Aviation Agency inspector, as well as one of the Mercury 13 crew. Now lives in Grapevine, Texas) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Funk> The 99's webpage biography of Wally Funk, viewed 04/24/19: ("Wally, a pioneer among women in modern aviation, was inducted into the Library of Congress in April 2013 for her many accomplishments blazing trails as one of America's first female Astronauts during NASA's Mercury Space Program.") <https://www.ninety-nines.org/wally-funk.htm> Mercury 13 Story by Wally Funk, viewed 04/24/19: (Contributing 99, Wally Funk) <https://www.ninety-nines.org/mercury13.htm> |
| Invalid LCCN | nb2019015297 |
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