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Ruth M. Jefford : ウィキペディア英語版 | Ruth M. Jefford
Ruth Martin Jefford (July 16, 1914 – January 9, 2007) was an air taxi pilot in the U.S. state of Alaska, and the first woman licensed to be a flight instructor out of Merrill Field. Jefford was a violinist who became a co-founder of the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra. During World War II, she entertained at the United Service Organizations in Alaska, and transported medical supplies for the Red Cross Motor Corp. She was the first woman in Alaska to receive the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award. She was inducted into the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame in 2009. ==Early life== Ruth Martin was born July 16, 1914 in Des Moines, Iowa. Her mother arranged flying lessons for a 16-year-old Ruth when they lived in Lincoln, Nebraska, where she learned to solo in instructor Jim Hurst's Arrow Sport airplane. Fellow pilot Jack Jefford recruited Hurst for a job with the Civil Aeronautics Authority. Jack Jefford moved to Alaska in 1937.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.alaskaairmuseum.org/hall-of-fame/jack-and-ruth-jeffords.php )〕 Ruth married Hurst, and in 1941 the couple moved to Alaska, where he continued with the CAA.
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