| LC control no. | no 97070567 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Cowell, Roberta, 1918-2011 |
| Variant(s) | Cowell, Robert Marshall, 1918-2011 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Birth date | 1918-04-08 |
| Death date | 2011-10-11 |
| Profession or occupation | Automobile racing drivers Fighter pilots Fashion designers |
| Found in | Cowell, Roberta. Roberta Cowell's story, 1954: t.p. (Roberta Cowell) plate facing p. 13 (born 1918) dust jacket (aviator, engineer, dress-designer) Wikipedia, viewed 28 April 2016: Roberta Cowell (Roberta Elizabeth Marshall Cowell, 8 April 1918-11 October 2011; racing driver and World War II fighter pilot; first known British transgender woman to undergo gender confirmation surgery; born Robert Marshall Cowell; in 1936, began studying engineering at University College London and began motor-racing; on 28 December 1940, commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps as second lieutenant; in June 1941, married Diana Margaret Zelma Carpenter; transferred to the Royal Air Force on 24 January 1942 with the rank of pilot officer (temporary); in 1948, separated from her wife) |
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