Olive Ann Mellor Beech (1904-1993), Aviation Industrialist and Pioneer
• First woman to head major aircraft company
First—and thus far, the only–woman to receive National Aeronautic Association’s Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy (1980)
• Selected by The New York Times as one of most distinguished women in business (1943)
• Led company through two wars and into the space age
First—and thus far, the only–woman to receive National Aeronautic Association’s Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy (1980)
• Selected by The New York Times as one of most distinguished women in business (1943)
• Led company through two wars and into the space age
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