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Nellie Zabel Willhite : ウィキペディア英語版 | Nellie Zabel Willhite Eleanor "Nellie" Zabel Willhite (Box Elder, South Dakota, 1892 – 1991) was the first deaf woman to earn a pilot’s license,〔Gannon, Jack. 1981. ''Deaf Heritage–A Narrative History of Deaf America'', Silver Spring, MD: National Association of the Deaf, pp. 194–195 ((PDF ))((PDF ))〕 as well as South Dakota’s first female pilot.〔(Nellie Zabel Willhite ). Deafpeople.com. Retrieved on 11 November 2011.〕 Willhite became deaf at age two due to measles.〔(Insiders' Guide to South Dakota's ... – Thomas D. Griffith, Dustin D. Floy ). dGoogle Books. Retrieved on 11 November 2011.〕 She earned her pilot's license in 1928.〔(Powered by Google Docs ). Docs.google.com. Retrieved on 11 November 2011.〕 She was a founding member of the Ninety-Nines, an organization which was founded in 1929 with 99 female pilots as founding members, and is dedicated to the advancement of aviation and support for women in aviation.〔(Amelia Earhar ). tGoogle Books. Retrieved on 11 November 2011.〕 Willhite started the first South Dakota chapter of the Ninety-Nines in 1941.〔(South Dakota's First Century of Flight – Norma J. Kraeme ). rGoogle Books (25 August 2010). Retrieved on 11 November 2011.〕 She worked as a commercial pilot until 1944 (the first and last deaf person to do so), carrying airmail.〔 She also worked as a barnstormer, specializing in flour bombing and balloon racing.〔(Gladys Roy ). Womenaviators.org. Retrieved on 11 November 2011.〕 She was inducted into the South Dakota Aviation Hall of Fame shortly before her death in 1991, and her plane the ''Pard'' is now on display at the Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham, Alabama.〔 == References ==
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