"An accomplished pilot and leader, Nancy Harkness Love was an early supporter of women’s equal involvement in military service. Love served as a civilian in the Army Air Force, commanding the first units of female pilots during World War II in the Women Air Service Pilots (WASP). She fought gender stereotypes, training members of the WASP the same as male pilots and pushed for them to fly the same missions. Love’s direct leadership of over 300 pilots during her career paved the way for all future female pilots." - soured from Nancy Harkness Love. National Museum of the United States Army. (n.d.). https://www.thenmusa.org/biographies/nancy-harkness-love/

"During the fight for Iwo Jima in March 1945 and Okinawa, the following May, a 22-year old ensign, Jane Louise ‘Candy’ Kendeigh, became the first Navy flight nurse to arrive at those islands to care for the wounded. Kendeigh was one of 122 women selected to receive specialized training in 1944 that taught them to not only recognize and treat battlefield wounds, but fight in hand-to-hand combat if needed and make preparations in case their aircraft needed to ditch in the ocean." - sourced from Navy Flight Nurse Jane Kendeigh, Documenting a First. National Museum of the Pacific War. (n.d.). https://www.pacificwarmuseum.org/about/news/blog-post-navy-flight-nurse-jane-kendeigh