Fri, Feb 12, 2010
Family Day Activities Celebrate 100 Years Of Women As
Pilots
In September 1910, Blanche Stuart Scott became the first
American woman to pilot an airplane. On Saturday, March 13,
2010 the International Women's Air & Space Museum in Cleveland
will celebrate her achievements and 100 years of American women in
flight with the museum's fifth annual free family day. The event
will take place from 1000 - 1600. For those of you who might be
able to attend, parking is available in the Burke
Lakefront Airport terminal municipal parking lot.
The museum will be celebrating Women's History Month throughout
the day with the help of several area organizations. Free
activities will be provided by NASA, the Children's Museum of
Cleveland, and the USO. The museum will be giving visitors a sneak
peek at its new Aviation Education Center, scheduled to open later
this spring with hands-on aviation activities.
Also scheduled that day is a demonstration by the Cleveland
Hopkins International Airport Aircraft Rescue & Firefighters,
planetarium shows, and a military encampment with an exhibit on
women in the armed forces. The museum is partnering with the
USO to offer visitors an opportunity to make cards for troops
overseas throughout the day. Students from Beaumont School
will be on hand with activities and to perform as famous women in
aviation, including Blanche Stuart Scott. Families and youth groups
are encouraged to attend this free special event.
The public celebration of women's history in this country began
in 1978 as "Women's History Week" in Sonoma County, California. The
week including March 8, International Women's Day, was selected. In
1981, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Rep. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
co-sponsored a joint Congressional resolution proclaiming a
national Women's History Week. In 1987, Congress expanded the
celebration to a month, and March was declared Women's History
Month.
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