Women's History Month and day-two of the Museum's 8th Annual WomenFly! event continue with "Pushing the Envelope: Pioneering Women in Aersopace," a multi-generational panel of women sharing experiences dating from the Second World War to today's exploration of the planets: Dawn Seymour flew B-17 bombers, Georgie Bright Kunkel helped build them; Kimberly Scott flies Air Force transport planes and airliners, Caroline Chouinard "drives" a little robot on Mars. The program is on March 14 at 2 p.m. in the William M. Allen Theater. The event is free with admission to the Museum or Museum membership.


The panelists:
Dawn Seymour
Dawn Seymour was the first woman accepted into the Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP) at Cornell University. As a Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) during World War II she flew gunnery training missions in B-17 bombers, and copiloted B-26 bombers towing aerial targets.
 
Georgie Bright Kunkel
Seattle-native Georgie Bright Kunkel was one of many "Rosie the Riveters" who helped build military aircraft during World War II. 88-year-old Kunkel earned a master's in education at the University of Washington, had a career as a teacher and is the author of Color Me Feminist. She is a columnist for the West Seattle Herald, and a speaker on women's issues and the Holocaust. She also likes to perform on "open mike nights." Kimberly Scott
Kimberly Scott is a first officer in Boeing 737s with Alaska Airlines. Maj. Scott flies C-17 transports as a member of the U.S. Air Force Reserve as a member of the 446 Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force Base, Wash. Scott has served a total of 19 years in the USAF and USAFR, and has flown C-17s and the KC-135 Stratotankers in support of combat operations in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq.

Caroline Chouinard
Caroline Chouinard is a member of the Planning and Sequencing Systems Group at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. She was part of the all-women team that "drove" NASA's Spirit rover on Mars, and currently works in mission operations on the Cassini spacecraft at Saturn.

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