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First Woman - Distinguished Service Medal
In 1939 Jacqueline Cochran wrote to Eleanor Roosevelt to promote the idea of women pilots taking over non-combat military flying so that men would be freed to fly into combat. In 1945, Jacqueline Cochran was the first woman to be awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.

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Of my two ‘handicaps’, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black.
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Also, I have launched two new blogs:
http://WritingRainey.blogspot.com will be of interest to Veterans.
http://PrayerfulShawls.blogspot.com will be of interest to people who crochet or knit.
A wonderful blog about job-searching is http://StaceyCostas.blogspot.com
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