Selma Cronan

Her mother had taken her on an airplane ride in the 1920s in Asbury Park, New Jersey, and it inspired her as a young girl to want to be a pilot.

[2] She was personally invited by Jacqueline Cochran to join the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) in 1943.

[1] Cronan continued to fly after World War II, competing in air races.

[4] In 1948 she was unable to participate in an air race because she could not find anyone to watch her twin sons.

[10] Cronan died on August 5, 2002, and was interred at Arlington National Cemetery.