be promoted to Brigadier General. She achieved another first for women across all of the armed services in 1973 when she was promoted to Major General. Among her many honors, Holm has been inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.


Colonel Jacqueline (Jackie) Cochran. Cochran earned her pilot’s license in 1932 and associated with Amelia Earhart, among others. In 1934, she entered her first air race. In June 1941, Cochran became the first woman to pilot a bomber across the Northern Atlantic. In 1942, as Director of Woman’s Flying Training for the United States, she wel- comed the first class of women pilots at the Houston Airport. In 1943, she was appointed to the General Staff to over- see all operations of the WASPs. The first woman to enter Japan after World War II, in 1953, she became the first woman to break the sound barrier. The first woman inducted into the Aviation Hall of Fame, Cochran has also been inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.


World War II was also important to Ma- jor General Jeanne Holm’s military ca- reer. After enlisting as a truck driver during the war, Holm attended Officer Candidate School, and then received a commission in the Air Force. From 1965 to 1973, she served as Director of Women in the Air Force, where she worked to achieve equality for women in the armed services.


In 1971, she be-


came the first woman in the Air Force to 18 Kalon Women Magazine


And finally, we’d like to share information regarding Brigadier General Wilma Vaught. We frequently use the phrase: “we stand on their shoulders.” Clearly Vaught benefitted from the efforts of both Major General Holm and Jackie Cochran. During her twenty-nine year military ca- reer, she achieved many firsts, and in turn she paved the way for the women in the armed services today. One of these firsts was the first woman to deploy with a Strategic Air Command bom- bardment wing during an opera- tional deployment. Vaught will also be re- membered for her significant efforts to es- tablish the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation and raise the funding for a national memorial to honor women’s military service. Vaught has been inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.


We celebrate and honor these courageous women, among the more than 850 women profiled in our book


Oct/Dec 2014


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