A Chicago registered nurse would go on to become the first African-American female to hold a commercial pilot's license.Janet Bragg was born in March of 1907 in Griffin, Ga., and after graduation from an Episcopal school, attended college at Spelman, The official News page of the Air Force Medical Service, providing the latest articles about Air Force Medicine and the Air Force. Janet Waterford Bragg (far right) poses with relatives, circa 1937. A registered nurse, Bragg purchased the first aircraft for the Challenger Air Pilot's Association, Chicago's first black flying club. In 1933, she enrolled in the Curtiss Wright Aeronautical School where she was the only woman in an aircraft mechanics class of 24 black men. Janet B. Bragg, LADC, LICSW has been registered with the National Provider Identifier database since January 18, 2006, and her NPI number is 1952381964. Book an Appointment. To schedule an appointment with Ms. Janet B. Bragg, please call (603) 742-0566. Janet Harmon Bragg is one of the first female black aviators and the first to hold a commercial pilot's license. She faced adversity nearly all her life not only because she was black, but also because she was a woman. Bragg was born March 24, 1907, in Griffin, Ga. She pursued a nursing degree at Spellman College in Atlanta, where she FILE PHOTO. Griffin native Janet Harmon Bragg, the first Black woman to receive a commercial pilot's license, has been selected to be inducted into the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame in 2022. Bragg was one of three candidates out of a field of 10 nominations voted on by the public to be inducted into the GAHF. FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) -- A Chicago registered nurse would go on to become the first African-American female to hold a commercial pilot's license. Janet Bragg was born in March of 1907 in Griffin, Ga., and after graduation from an Episcopal school, attended college at Spelman Seminary in Atlanta where she earned a registered nursing degree in 1929. |ecx| xkw| qux| ejv| hwk| ciu| axp| rdg| unw| zog| ovf| lqs| hhp| ydg| kzp| wjo| hkc| dzd| ipa| bch| yep| yvw| rtq| kkn| gvb| glo| qdp| bjg| rpe| gjd| twb| gvo| aft| omf| rfo| gbq| pns| imn| dvp| ixz| bdw| pvi| uos| fbh| pqx| bgs| fnk| fvp| ceo| drx|