COURAG l>\ Kon W ehet Aviator Reaches to the Skies Too often we hear about all the great men o f history but not the powerful women who have done so much to change the landscape o f our nation’s history. One of these individuals is a black woman named Evie Washington who went on to do what the legend­ ary pilot Bessie C olem an only dreamed o f accomplishing; teach­ ing other minority women to fly. W hile C olem an’s life was cut short in a tragic accident in the 1920s, she left behind a legacy that would be followed by W ashington and other w omen o f color. As a flight orientation pilot for the Civil A ir Patrol, W ashington devoted tim e and m oney to “O p­ portunity Skyw ay,’’ an educational Page A 7 rt lattò (©bscruer N ovem ber 30, 2005 aviation program for children and jam s, W ashington would only hear w rote ac h ild ren ’s book on African or see an occasional car stroll by. H ow ever som ething a lot more ex­ A m ericans in aviation. W ashington was born in 1946 citing than cars visited her on a and given to her grandparents w ho daily basis. It was the sight and raised her on a farm they ow ned sound o f huge C-130 and C-141 close to the M ississippi border, airplanes from the nearby military rem oved from the poverty o f so base. They aircraft Hew low over the many other black Am ericans. She would rise before school to do the custom ary chores found on any Southern farm like feeding chickens, m ilking cow s and clean­ ing the stalls. By the tim e she and her classm ates filed into the class­ room, she would have already com ­ pleted nearly a half a day ’s hard labor. A s busy city stre e ts ac ro ss A m erica were crow ded in traffic fields on take o ff and landing, as military. D uring the 1960s initia­ though to wave at the farm ers b e­ tives focusing on m inority hiring low. W ashington w atched those becam e a high priority, especially planes every time they cam e by, regarding governm ent jo b s or pri­ praying one day they she too would vate com panies with governm ent contracts. fly like a bird. But when W ashington applied to Her grandfather supported her every effort to becom e a pilot, but the Air Force Academy, she was it was no, easy. T o break into the abruptly told that the academy was not accepting women pi­ field o f aviation, she lots. applied for a jo b as a K nowing in her heart flight attendant. U nfor­ that she could fly an air­ tunately she would run plane, she refused to into a roadblock regard­ give up. She earned the ing her small physical m oney and paid for fly- siz e. A t a slig h t 87 in g le s s o n s h e rs e lf, pounds she would have eventually passing all to find another way to th e te s ts to g et h e r attain her goal. pilot’s license. R efusing to be d e­ Evie Washington Greatly determined. feated she turned to the SAFEWAY she went on to break the color barrier in the academic world as well earning a bachelors degree in psychology and a master’s degree in business. In later years, W ashington re­ flected on her drive to pass every roadblock. “ You can learn som ething from the criticism s and discouragem ent that people offer you, and a, tim es if you look at in an objective w ay , it can be a m otivating force for yo u ,” she said. During the hardest o f tim es and all the sacrifices she m ade, som e o f her fondest m em ories w ere the w ords o f encouragem ent from her grandfather w ho told her she could have anything a m an had if she worked hard enough for it. He was right. Ingredients for life. R a n c h e rs R e s e rv e A n g u s B e e f B o tto m R ound R oast B o n e le s s . SAVE up to $2.50 lb CLUB PRICE Lean Ground Beef 80% Lean 20% Fat. SAVE up to $ 3.2 9 per lb on 2nd package. 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