Janet harmon bragg autobiography definition
Janet harmon bragg autobiography definition
Janet harmon bragg biography.
Janet Bragg
American amateur aviator, nurse and businesswoman (1907–1993)
Janet Harmon Waterford Bragg (born Jane Nettie Harmon) [1] (March 24, 1907 — April 11, 1993) was an American amateur aviator.[2] In 1942, she was the first African-American woman to hold a commercial pilot license.[3][4] She is a 2022 inductee to the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame.[5]
Life
Janet Harmon was born on March 24, 1907, in Griffin, Georgia.[1] She was the seventh child in a family with African and Cherokee ancestry.[1] Harmon attended Episcopal schools and Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, and qualified as a registered nurse in 1929.[4][6] Shortly after graduation she left Georgia for Illinois and was hired as a nurse by Wilson Hospital in Chicago.[6] She married Evans Waterford; this first marriage fell apart in two years.
After the divorce Harmon continued to work as nurse, thi