Loyola News: Sister M. Canisia and flight instructress Maurine Miller at Pal-waukee Airport, 1943 & "Thirty Nuns Fly at Paul-waukee"
Item
Title
Loyola News: Sister M. Canisia and flight instructress Maurine Miller at Pal-waukee Airport, 1943 & "Thirty Nuns Fly at Paul-waukee"
Description
1) Sister M. Canisia Majewska (wearing a habit) and flight instructress Maurine Miller (wearing a leather jacket and sunglasses) sit in an airplane at Palwaukee Airport, later Chicago Executive Airport. This photo appears in the Loyola News.
2) Thirty nuns from Loyola's University College studying Aeronautics trained at Palwaukee Airport during World War II. They planned to teach pre-flight classes at Chicago Catholic high schools starting in the fall semester. Many were funded with scholarships from the Civil Aeronautics Authority.
2) Thirty nuns from Loyola's University College studying Aeronautics trained at Palwaukee Airport during World War II. They planned to teach pre-flight classes at Chicago Catholic high schools starting in the fall semester. Many were funded with scholarships from the Civil Aeronautics Authority.
Date, date span, or circa acceptable
1943-04-06
File name
1) Loyola News, 1943-04-06, Loyola News: Sister M. Canisia and flight instructress Maurine Miller at Pal-waukee Airport
2) Loyola News, 1943-04-06, page 1, "Thirty Nuns Fly at Paul-waukee"
2) Loyola News, 1943-04-06, page 1, "Thirty Nuns Fly at Paul-waukee"
Sources archive, University Archives and Special Collections or Women and Leadership Archives
University Archives and Special Collections
Source
University Archives and Special Collections, Loyola News, 1943-04-06
Subject
Loyola University Chicago
Women religious
World War II
Aviation
Rights
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