But Jacqueline Cochran, the record-setting aviatrix who had funded the Lovelace tests, testified against continuing the program at that time . So sad to hear of the passing of . Failure is Not An Option: The Story of Jerrie Cobb and the First Women Astronaut Trainees, Part 1. The Oklahoma Historical Society and Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study have significant Cobb artifacts collections and archives. WASP, She should have gone to space, but turned her life into one of service with grace, tweeted Ellen Stofan, director of the Smithsonian Institutions National Air and Space Museum and a former NASA scientist. Geraldyn Jerrie Cobb, who died in March 2019, will likely be remembered for her role campaigning for women to be considered as possible space travelers in the beginning of the space age, but the Museums upcoming exhibits will also showcase how important she was as an award-winning pilot who flew for years as a missionary in the Amazon. They were in good health, had college degrees, commercial pilots licenses, and 2,000 hours of flight time. Daughter of William Harvey Cobb and Helena Butler (Stone) Cobb. Altogether, 13 women passed the arduous physical testing and became known as the Mercury 13. Cobb had one older sister, Carolyn. "We seek, only, a place in our Nation's space future without discrimination," Cobb said. [6], On March 18, 2019, thirteen days after her 88th birthday, Cobb died at her home in Florida. 2000 Inducted into "Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame". Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/mercury-13-first-lady-astronaut-trainees-3073474. Jerrie Cobb served as an inspiration to many of our members in her record breaking, her desire to go into space, and just to prove that women could do what men could do, said Laura Ohrenberg, headquarters manager in Oklahoma City for the Ninety-Nines Inc., an international organisation of licensed women pilots. - Informationen zum Thema Jerrie Cobb NASA space pilot woman pilot female pilot Mercury 13 Amazon", National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Cobb, Geraldyn M. "Jerrie", https://www.thoughtco.com/errie-cobb-3072207, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jerrie_Cobb&oldid=1143859765, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma alumni, Classen School of Advanced Studies alumni, Short description is different from Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Articles having same image on Wikidata and Wikipedia, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from NASA, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Named Pilot of the Year by the National Pilots Association, Fourth American to be awarded Gold Wings of the, Honored by the government of Ecuador for pioneering new air routes over the Andes Mountains and Andes jungle, 1962 Received the Golden Plate Award of the, Received Pioneer Woman Award for her "courageous frontier spirit" flying all over the. At the time, Cobb had flown 64 types of propeller aircraft, but had made only one flight, in the back seat, of a jet fighter. "There were originally 20 characters," she says, "because I wrote it in a university setting and they wanted me to throw in as many as possible! Senator Philip Hart of Michigan) campaigned in Washington to have the program continue. The Mercury 13 were thirteen American women who took part in a privately funded program run by William Randolph Lovelace II aiming to test and screen women for spaceflight.The participantsFirst Lady Astronaut Trainees (or FLATs) as Jerrie Cobb called themsuccessfully underwent the same physiological screening tests as had the astronauts selected by NASA on April 9, 1959, for Project Mercury. Of additional note are publicity materials, letters of endorsement, letters to legislators and the White House requesting support, and the subsequent responses from NASA officials, all written during the time that Cobb advocated for her second opportunity to fly into space in the 1990s (Space II). According to Ruth Lummis of the Jerrie Cobb Foundation who helped coordinate the donation of Cobb's papers to the Schlesinger Library, the binders were compiled by friends and volunteers over the years and their dates and contents overlap. Cobb is portrayed by Mamie Gummer in the 2020 Disney+ TV series The Right Stuff. Bio Oklahoma native Jerrie Cobb received her pilot's license at age 17, her commercial pilot's license at 18, and flight and ground instructor's rating at 21. But Im happy flying here in Amazonas, serving my brethren. There, 13 out of 19 women candidates passed the same astronaut training requirements as the Mercury 7 astronauts, proving that women had the same physical, mental and psychological capabilities as men. After plans for additional testing of the women were cancelled abruptly in 1960, Cobb drove the effort to revive the project. In 1959, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientist Dr. William Randolph Lovelace selected Cobb, along with 24 other women who were trained pilots, to undergo the same physical and psychological tests that were used to choose the first seven Mercury astronauts. Other folder titles were created by the archivist.Series I, PROFESSIONAL, 1930s-2012 (#1.1-5.7, FD.1-FD.2, 6F+B.1m-6F+B.4m, 7OB.1-7OB.5. She came to see the physical fitness tests as the best way to prove that NASA should train female astronauts. She was a bush pilot in missionary endeavors in the Amazon for the next forty years and established the Jerrie Cobb Foundation, Inc. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1981 for her work with the native people of the Amazon and was later the recipient of the Amelia Earhart Award and Medal. [2], By 1959, at age 28, Cobb was a pilot and manager for Aero Design and Engineering Company, which also made the Aero Commander aircraft she used in her record-making feats, and she was one of the few women executives in aviation. While some had learned of the examinations by word of mouth, many were recruited through the Ninety-Nines, a women pilot's organization. The 13 included Jerrie Cobb, Gene Nora Jessen, Wally Funk, Irene Leverton, Myrtle "K" Cagle, Jane Hart, Jerri Truhill, Rhea Hurrle Woltman, Sarah Ratley, Bernice "B" Steadman, Jean . Cobb died in Florida at age 88 last month. After becoming the first American woman to pass those tests, Jerrie Cobb and Doctor Lovelace publicly announced her test results at a 1960 conference in Stockholm and recruited more women to take the tests. "Were now on our third cast; we know what will help the actors, what will help the story be understood. You have permission to edit this article. Ms. Cobb patiently explained that women pilots were barred in the Air Force, which did almost all the jet flying at the time. But Cobb had no interest in working as a secretary, though she did want to become an astronaut. She swallowed a rubber hose and endured nearly 10 hours of sensory deprivation in a water tank. [14] Only a few months later, the Soviet Union would send the first woman into space,[4] Valentina Tereshkova. It just didnt work out then, and I just hope and pray it will now, she added. In 1960, Jerrie Cobb was rapidly becoming a celebrity. (See also #PD.1 for images of Cobb as a child and with family). Ten of the 12 were men, and all but one of those a war veteran. or into the pressure suit at the last minute that you could not adequately test." Clare Booth Luces article in Life magazine included photographs of all thirteen Lovelace finalists, making their names public for the first time. Geraldyn "Jerrie" M. Cobb, first woman to pass astronaut testing in 1961, Humanitarian Aid Pilot in Amazonia, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, author, and lifelong advocate for women pilots in space, passes away at 88. Jerrie Cobb underwent 75 tests in all, and in the end, she scored in the top two percent of trainees outscoring several of the male Mercury astronauts. News Negative Space In the 1960s, 13 who passed the rigorous tests for space flight were grounded because of their gender. And see the stars and galaxies in their true brilliance, without the filter of our atmosphere. She should have gone to space, but turned her life into one of service with grace. Ace pilots. The family would move again to Denver, Colorado before finally returning to Oklahoma after World War II where Cobb spent the majority of her childhood. "Jerrie Cobb, Record-Breaking Pilot and Advocate for Female Spaceflight, Has Died", "Jerrie Cobb, Solo Pilot" (Autobiography), Internet Encyclopedia of Science, Aviation Pioneers, "Astronaut Jerrie Cobb, The Mercury 13 Were NASA's First Women Astronauts", "America's 1st Female Astronaut Candidate, Jerrie Cobb, dies", "Jerrie Cobb Poses beside Mercury Capsule", Qualifications for Astronauts: Hearings before the Special Subcommittee on the Selection of Astronauts, "Why Did the Mercury 13 Astronauts Never Fly in Space? When Lovelace released the results, he declared, We are already in a position to say that certain qualities of the female space pilot are preferable to those of her male colleague., Lovelace added, There is no question but that women will eventually participate in space flight.. ThoughtCo, Apr. [16] Liz Carpenter, the Executive Assistant to Vice President Lyndon Johnson, drafted a letter to NASA administrator James E. Webb questioning these requirements, but Johnson did not send the letter, instead writing across it: "Let's stop this now! At seventeen years old, while attending Classen High School in Oklahoma City, Cobb earned her private pilot's license and she earned her commercial pilot's license the following year. After all, women are, on average, lighter and smaller than men, and require less oxygen. Now, there's a campaign to put one of them -- Jerry Cobb -- into orbit. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. In February 1960, the 29-year-old Cobb traveled to Lovelace's private clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the first participant in his secret Woman in Space Program, which was not sanctioned by. By the age of 17, while a student at Oklahoma City Classen High School, Cobb had earned her private pilot's license. This page was last edited on 10 March 2023, at 10:23. Then it took 12 more years before a woman actually flew an American spacecraft. [22] Many aviators and astronauts of the time believed this was a failed chance for NASA to right a wrong they had made years before. 5, 2023, thoughtco.com/mercury-13-first-lady-astronaut-trainees-3073474. "Its a really important, inspiring story," Sardelli says. Prior to the lady astronauts, no women had qualified for astronaut training by NASAs standard. It didn't. The press ate up the story of Jerrie Cobb. In this one area of the space race, American men had simply chosen not to compete. Stephanie Nolen. Sally Ride was the first U.S. woman astronaut. Sleeping under the Cub's wing at night, she helped scrape together money for fuel to practice her flying by giving rides. Her route that morning was a 1,242 mile (2,000 km) triangle with Reno, San Francisco, and San Diego. She is the "her" in They Promised Her the Moon . Jerrie Cobb was the first female to volunteer for the program. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. In 1955, Cobb was hired as a pilot and manager for Aero Design and Engineering Company based in Oklahoma, which made the Aero Commander aircraft. In an attempt to win over passengers, the airline invited Cobb to fly the aircraft on a highly publicized four-hour test. The Mercury 13s story was told in a recent Netflix documentary and a play based on Cobbs life, They Promised Her the Moon, is currently running in San Diego. Much of the clippings, photographs, and correspondence were originally housed in binders. Aviator Jerrie Cobb was born in Norman, Oklahoma, on March 5, 1931, the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel William H. Cobb and Helene Butler Stone Cobb. Written as a dual biography, the book centers on female pilots Jackie Cochran and Jerrie Cobb who are vying to be the first female astronauts. At 22, she flew for an airplane delivery service and returned to Ponca City as a test pilot in 1955. Members of the FLATs, also known as the "Mercury 13," attend a shuttle launch in this photograph from 1995. SD.1), includes extensive clippings, correspondence, writings, photographs, press releases, t-shirts, and printed materials documenting Cobb's role in the space program, her astronaut training, her flying career, and her work in the Amazon. She was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, Oklahoma Aviation and Space Hall of Fame, and Women in Aviation Internationals Pioneer Hall of Fame. To check her sense of balance, testers squirted water into her ears. One newspaper described her as a pretty 29-year-old miss who would probably take high heels along on her first space flight if given the chance. Another printed her weight and measurements, stating, The lady space cadet is five-feet, seven inches tall, weighs 121 pounds, and measures 36-26-34.. But Cobb didnt let reductive and sexist comments like this prevent her from demanding a place for women in the space program. Professional, 1930s-2012 (#1.1-5.7, FD.1-FD.2, 6F+B.1m-6F+B.4m, 7OB.1-7OB.5, SD.1), Series II. In 1953, Cobb worked for Fleetway, Inc., ferrying war surplus aircraft to other countries, including to the Peruvian Air Force. Copyright. After Ulysses Stone lost a reelection bid, the family moved back to Oklahoma where he and Cobb's father worked as automobile salesmen. She spent an entire year screening nearly 800 female pilots to identify potential astronaut trainees, and she found many of the women had racked up significantly more flight time than the male astronauts. Geraldyn Cobb was born on March 5, 1931, in Norman, Okla., the second daughter of a military pilot and his wife. [5], She gained her Private Pilot's license at the age of 17 and her Commercial Pilot's license on her 18th birthday. Having the playwright in the room is usually a gift.". NASA didn't fly a woman in space Sally Ride until 1983. Jerrie M. Cobb in Norman, Oklahoma is an American aviator. Distribution and use of this material are governed by While still a student at Oklahoma City Classen High School, she earned a private pilot's license at the age of sixteen. SNP will rebrand and shift focus away from independence, predicts Michael Gove, MV Pentalina Incident: Dozens of passengers evacuated as Pentland FerriesMV Pentalina runs aground on Orkney, Geraldyn Jerrie Cobb, aviator. When search suggestions are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. And as. A few of these pilots took additional tests. The formerSoviet Union ended up putting the first woman into space in 1963: Valentina Tereshkova. Jerrie Cobb was an exceptional human being. 2022 The Museum of Flight - All Rights Reserved. Altogether, 13 women passed the arduous physical testing and became known as the Mercury 13. From there, she went on to be a record-setting aviator and the first woman to pass qualifying exams for astronaut training in 1960, but wasn't allowed to fly in space because of her . Jerrie Cobb Passed Astronaut Tests but NASA Kept Her Out of Space. Cobb maintained that the geriatric space study should also include an older woman. Following her deep disappointment that there would be no further testing or entry into the U.S. space program for her, Cobb became a missionary pilot, merging her love of flight with her desire to serve others. In 1961, Cobb became the first woman to pass astronaut testing. Of the Mercury 7 astronauts, John Glenn had the most flight experience at a total of 5,100 hours. Geraldyn M. Cobb (March 5, 1931 March 18, 2019), commonly known as Jerrie Cobb, was an American aviator. Jerrie Cobbs prestigious career brought her to the attention of NASA physicians. our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. Geraldyn "Jerrie" Cobb (1931 - 2019) Geraldyn "Jerrie" Cobb, who died in March 2019, will likely be remembered for her role campaigning for women to be considered as possible space travelers in the beginning of the space age, but the Museum's upcoming exhibits will also showcase how important she was as an award-winning pilot who flew for years as a missionary in the Amazon. Cobb, a pioneering female pilot, was a member of the Mercury 13, a group of women who were able to . Series is arranged alphabetically.Series II, PHOTOGRAPHS, 1931?-2000s (#PD.1-PD.47), includes photographs, slides, and negatives documenting Cobb's astronaut training, her career as a pilot, and her flights ferrying supplies and aid to indigenous peoples in South America. Aviator Jerrie Cobb was born in Norman, Oklahoma, on March 5, 1931, the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel William H. Cobb and Helene Butler Stone Cobb. Ultimately, 13 of these women surpassed every requirement in the first round of testing (some with better scores than the more famous "Mercury Seven"). In 1960, Jerrie Cobb was rapidly becoming a celebrity. Visiting the space center as invited guests of STS-63 pilot Eileen Collins, the first female shuttle pilot and later the first female shuttle commander, are (from left): Gene Nora Jessen, Wally Funk, Jerrie Cobb, Jerri Truhill, Sarah Rutley, Myrtle Cagle and Bernice Steadman. Genevieve Carlton earned a Ph.D in history from Northwestern University with a focus on early modern Europe and the history of science and medicine before becoming a history professor at the University of Louisville. .css-16c7pto-SnippetSignInLink{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;cursor:pointer;}Sign In, Copyright 2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Jerrie Cobb dropped everything and flew to Washington, DC. As a consequence, the U.S. didn't fly women in space until the 1980s, while the Russians flew their first female astronaut in 1962. We ask that opportunity in the pioneering of space.. Kat. These missions were funded by the Jerrie Cobb Foundation, Inc. Based in Florida, the Jerrie Cobb Foundation was a non-profit organization founded by a group of Cobb's Oklahoma friends in 1968 specifically to provide funds for Cobb's humanitarian missions.Around 1998, at the time of John Glenn's return flight to space in the Shuttle Discovery mission, Cobb renewed her efforts to convince NASA to include her in the space program. Randy Lovelace, who had designed the physical tests for the Project Mercury astronauts NASAs original seven astronauts wanted to test womens stamina in space, too. Jerrie Cobb, Rhea Hurrle, and Wally Funk went to Oklahoma City for an isolation tank test. Once the United States became involved in World War II Cobb's family moved once again, this time to Wichita Falls, Texas where Cobb's father joined his active U.S. National Guard unit. Geraldyn "Jerrie" Cobb, the first woman to pass NASA's astronaut training, has died. I would then, and I will now.". The Mercury 13's story is told in a recent Netflix documentary and a play based on Cobb's life, They Promised Her the Moon,is currently running in San Diego. American aviator and astronaut (19312019). Jerrie Cobb, Janey Hart (a fellow FLAT), aviator Jacqueline Cochran, NASA's deputy administrator George Low, John Glenn and Scott Carpenter testified before Congress on July 17 and 18, 1962, a year before Gordon Cooper flew on the final Mercury flight. "I come from a very collaborative world of working in companies," Ollstein says, "so I love rewriting in the room. All of them met NASAs basic criteria. [23], Cobb received numerous aviation honors, including the Harmon Trophy and the Fdration Aronautique Internationale's Gold Wings Award. (2023, April 5). But the worst for Trudy is still to come: She meets with Jerrie Cobb in a diner, ready to fully commit to her Mercury 13 program but Cobb says she's rescinding the invitation. (Notably, the 1964 Civil Rights Act making sex discrimination illegal was still two years away.) In total, 68 percent of the lady astronauts passed, where only 56 percent of the male trainees passed. One advantage of starting with a reading: Neither had to worry about all the usual logistics, and could just focus on developing the characters. 1960, Life magazine published an article titled, A Lady Proves That Shes Fit for Space Flight.. Meet Jerrie Cobb. [6][20] In 1981, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for her humanitarian work. The question of whether women could endure the physical rigors of spaceflight had been debated in popular culture for years, but Cobbs persistent lobbying inspired the House subcommittee hearings that investigated whether NASA was discriminating on the basis of sex. Air Force, America's first female astronaut candidate, pilot Jerrie Cobb, who pushed for equality in space but never reached its heights, has died. "[15], Cobb lobbied, along with other Mercury 13 participants, including Jane Briggs Hart, to be allowed to train alongside the men. The Bizzarre And Terribly Executed Kidnapping Of Frank Sinatra Jr. What Stephen Hawking Thinks Threatens Humankind The Most, 27 Raw Images Of When Punk Ruled New York, Join The All That's Interesting Weekly Dispatch. "Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream". In 1978, Cobb replaced her aging Aero Commander with a Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander well suited for short takeoffs and landings on cleared muddy patches deep in the rainforest. Jerrie Cobb in 1998 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. One year later, Valentina Tereshkova, who had no experience prior to joining the Soviet space program except in sport parachuting, would become the first woman in space and return to a heros welcome. The piece introduced Jerrie Cobb to the nation as a prospective space pilot and praised her as someone who complained less than the Mercury men had. For reference, the Mercury men were the seven original American astronauts. He is also the U.N. World Space Week Coordinator for Antarctica. Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository. A devout Christian, she bought a used Aero Commander 500B, Juliet, in 1963 and, at age 32, flew south to the Amazon River basin intent on ferrying medicine and supplies to the indigenous people of Amazonia, a vast area comprised of the great river and its tributaries in Brazil, Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. It didnt. In one test, the women each had to swallow three feet of rubber tubing. Jerrie Cobb prepares to operate the Multi-Axis Space Test Inertia Facility (MASTIF) at the Lewis Research Centre in Ohio in 1960. This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. She held four world records in speed, altitude, and distance. Throughout her career, Cobb received many awards and accolades, including the Amelia Earhart Medal, the Harmon Trophy for world's best woman pilot, the Pioneer Woman Award, the Bishop Wright Air Industry Award, and many other decorations and distinctions for her humanitarian service. NASA never flew another elderly person in space, male or female. "It's hard for me to talk about it, but I would. None of the Mercury 13 ever reached space, despite Cobb's testimony in 1962 before a Congressional panel. You cant believe how they talked about Cobb in the press. The Story Of Jerrie Cobb, The Record-Breaking Pilot Who Should Have Been Americas First Female Astronaut. Additionally, there is a slide show created by the Jerrie Cobb Foundation possibly for promotional or fundraising purposes: "Amazonas. At the time American Airlines had no female pilots. [1], Born on March 5, 1931, in Norman, Oklahoma,[2] Cobb was the daughter of Lt. Col. William H. Cobb and Helena Butler Stone Cobb. But as the best candidates prepared to head to Pensacola for their third and final round of tests at the Naval School of Aviation, the Navy abruptly canceled it, with the excuse that only official NASA programs could have access to their equipment. Please note that the Schlesinger Librarys manuscript collections cannot yet be requested directly from the finding aid. In total, 68 percent of the "lady astronauts" passed, where only 56 percent of the male trainees passed. Jerrie Cobb's father taught her to fly a biplane at age twelve and by age sixteen she was flying the Piper J-3 Cub, a popular light aircraft. U.S. Air Force Medical Service/Wikimedia Commons. Jerrie Cobb trained on NASA's Multi-Axis Space Test Inertia Facility (MASTIF) in 1960, shortly after the male Mercury 7 astronauts did so. Jerrie Cobb by her jet fighter in 1961. In addition to scholarly publications with top presses, she has written for Atlas Obscura and Ranker. The new play from writer Laurel Ollstein tells the true story of Jerrie Cobb and the Fellow Lady Astronaut Trainees, who until last years Netflix documentary Mercury 13 had almost completely faded from public memoryindeed, neither Sardelli nor Ollstein had heard of them until they began working on the project. She wrote: Yes, I wish I were on the moon with my fellow pilots, exploring another celestial body. Without an official NASA request to run the tests, the Navy would not allow the use of their facilities. At night, she slept in her hammock tied to her airplane, next to villagers hammocks or communal homes. The first day featured Jerrie Cobb and Jane Hart, one of the other members of the "Mercury 13." The second day featured NASA official George Low and astronauts John Glenn and Scott Carpenter. Dr. Lovelace administered these tests through the First Lady Astronaut Trainees (FLAT) program without official NASA approval. Shes grateful that, in theater, writers have the final saywhich is seldom true in film or TV. Greene, Nick. NASA didnt send Jerrie Cobb to space, but they did put a female chimpanzee into orbit. [21] Cobb believed that it was necessary to also send an aged woman on a space flight in order to determine whether the same effects witnessed on men would be witnessed on women. In the meantime, once you have compiled a list of material you would like to consult, please contact Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute at, 5.17 linear feet ((5 file boxes, 1 folio+ box, 1 oversize box) plus 2 folio folders, 37 photograph folders, 2 folio photograph folders, 303 slides, 9 videotapes, 1 DVD), Humanitarian assistance--Amazon River Region, Space flight training facilities--United States, https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/schlesinger-library, https://asklib.schlesinger.radcliffe.edu/index.php, Papers of Jerrie Cobb, 1931-2012 (inclusive), 1954-2005 (bulk), Majority of material found within 1954-2005, Series I. NASA's first female astronaut candidate, pilot Jerrie Cobb, has died. We seek, only, a place in our nations space future without discrimination, she told a special House subcommittee on the selection of astronauts. Also included are videotapes of archival footage of some of the astronaut tests that Cobb underwent, and footage related to Cobb's speed and distance records. Cobb died in Florida at age. Likewise, Ollstein finds the historical setting helps people get past the usual detachment of reading about national politics in the news. It took 15 years before the next U.S. women were selected to go to space, and the Soviets didn't fly another female for nearly 20 years after Tereshkova's flight. Valentina Tereshkova: The First Woman in Space, The Life of Guion "Guy" Bluford: NASA Astronaut, The Life and Times of Dr. Ronald E. McNair, Apollo 14 Mission: Return to the Moon after Apollo 13, History of the Apollo 11 Mission, "One Giant Leap for Mankind", Visiting the Johnson Houston Space Center, original U.S. astronauts, the "Mercury Seven, Bernice "B" Trimble Steadman (now deceased). [6] As a NASA historian wrote: Although she never flew in space, Cobb, along with twenty-four other women, underwent physical tests similar to those taken by the Mercury astronauts with the belief that she might become an astronaut trainee. San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive/Wikimedia Commons. News of her death came Thursday from journalist Miles O'Brien, serving as a family . Check out our exhibitionDestination Moon: The Apollo 11 Missionto see how NASA landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969. "But I used direct quotes, and theyre shocking. When Amanda Quaid, who played Cobb, sent out an email blast about the production, it caught the eye of The Old Globes artistic director, Barry Edelstein. So Sardelli is happy to think that this play wont let her extraordinary life fade from history. Ford was a former World War II pilot who worked for Fleetway, Inc., and gave Cobb her first job ferrying aircraft. [19] Cobb has been honored by the Brazilian, Colombian, Ecuadorian, French, and Peruvian governments. Ancestors. In Dr. Gibbs's words and our own, we pay homage to Dr. Jerrie Louise Cobb Scott for the gifts that she gave us individually and collectively and for cultivating and nurturing the African American Read-In, one of the longest running promotional literacy programs in 47 states and spanning four continents, with over 200,000 participants annually. A devout Christian, Cobb studied religion and philosophy.While still in her twenties, Cobb became the first woman to fly in the Paris Air Show, the world's largest air exposition, where she was awarded the Amelia Earhart Gold Medal of Achievement. NASAMembers of the Mercury 13 meet in 1995 to watch Eileen Collins lift off as the first female commander of a shuttle mission. licking county voting information, madison high school orchestra,
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