Jacqueline Cochran Breaking the Sound Barrier,
Breaking the Barriers of Her Generation
1st: Jacqueline Cochran on the phone | Credit to "Stars at Noon" p. 67; 2nd: Jackie Cochran sitting in an F-51 Mustang | "Stars at Noon" p.130; 3rd: Jackie Cochran in WASP Uniform | "Pilot in the Fastest Lane" by Doris Rich p. 128; 4th: Jackie Cochran in a plane | Credit to "Coming Out Right" by Elizabeth Smith p. 98; 5th: Jacqueline Cochran Smiling | Credit to an article by David Roberts
Conclusion
"Every generation has its rough roads and its barriers to surmount."
-Jackie Cochran "The Stars At Noon" p. 273
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Jacqueline Cochran was an extraordinary woman who broke the physical barrier of sound and the mental barrier of gender. Through hard work, she set and broke many records in aviation. Most importantly, she flew a jet faster than sound proving the ability of women to withstand extreme G-force. She funded the Mercury 13 testing program, which after many years led to sending the first American woman into space. Her determination to make women equal overruled gender barriers, allowing females to enter into an all-male world of fast speed aviation.
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