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Title |
Martha Anne Woodrum In Her Office |
Description |
A black and white photograph of Martha Anne Woodrum (later Mrs Jack Zillhardt) shown in her office at Woodrum Field at what is now known as the Roanoke Regional Airport. Soon after becoming a licensed pilot circa 1940 Martha Anne operated a flight school and charter service and later an aircraft sales and service operation at Woodrum Field. She was the first woman in Virginia to earn an instrument rating. A most adventuresome lady and award winning pilot, she was born on September 1, 1916 and died on May 22, 2002. The airport facilities were dedicated as "Woodrum Field" on October 13 1941 in honor of her father, Clifton Alexander Woodrum, Congressman, who had worked successfully to bring airmail service to Roanoke and in 1941 secured $560,000 in federal funds for airport improvements. See " Notable Women West of the Blue Ridge, 1850-1950", at pages 140 and 141 and "Clifton A. Woodrum of Virginia, A Southern Progressive in Congress" by James E Sargent The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 89 at page 360-361. |
Object ID |
1990.69.655 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Year Range from |
1945 |
Year Range to |
1952 |
Subjects |
Air operations Air pilots Air travel Aircraft Airplane propellers Airplane wings Airplanes Airports Pilots (Aeronautics) Woman Women |
Search Terms |
Woodrum Airport Woodrum Field Roanoke Airport Roanoke Regional Airport |
People |
Woodrum, Martha Anne Zillhardt, Mrs. Jack Woodrum, Clifton A. Woodrum, Clifton Alexander |
Collection |
History Museum Photograph Collection |
Imagefile |
011\199069655.JPG |
Number of images |
1 |