Mildred Hemmons Carter

Mildred Hemmons Carter
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Chilton County (en) , 1921
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Mutuwa	Tuskegee (en) , 2011
Karatu
Makaranta	Tuskegee University (en)
Sana'a
Sana'a	Matukin jirgin sama
Mamba	Tuskegee Airmen (en)

Mildred Louise Hemmons Carter (1921–2011) ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin mata na farko da suka sami lasisin tuƙi ta hanyar Shirin Horar da Matukin Jirgin Sama na Farar Hula, wanda hakan ya sanya ta zama mace baƙar fata ta farko da ta fara tuƙi a Alabama . Duk da cewa an hana ta shiga Tuskegee Airmen da Women Air Force Service Pilots, an ayyana ta a matsayin memba a hukumance a cikin duka biyun a rayuwa.

Yarinta

An haifi Carter Mildred Louise Hemmons a ranar 14 ga Satumba, 1921 ga Mamie da Luther Hemmons. Mahaifiyarta ita ce mai kula da gidan waya na garin, yayin da mahaifinta shi ne shugaban injin yanka katako. An haife ta a Benson, Alabama, ta zauna a Tuskegee na ɗan lokaci kafin iyalinta su koma Enfield, North Carolina . A can, mahaifinta ya yi aiki a matsayin manajan kasuwanci na Kwalejin Bricks Junior mai launin baƙi. Bayan an rufe makarantar a lokacin Babban Mawuyacin Halin Kunci, dangin Hemmons sun ƙaura zuwa Holly Springs, Mississippi . Carter ya kammala makarantar sakandare a Holly Springs yana da shekaru goma sha biyar.

Aiki da aure

Ilimi da horon matukan jirgi

Bayan iyalinta suka koma Tuskegee, Carter ta yi rajista a Jami'ar Tuskegee, inda ta yi karatun digiri a fannin kasuwanci. Ta yi aiki a wani ofishi da ke sarrafa aikace-aikacen neman shiga Jami'ar Tuskegee na Shirin Horar da Matukin Jirgi na Farar Hula (CPTP) . Carter ta nemi shiga shirin da kanta, amma da farko an ƙi ta saboda ba ta cika shekara goma sha takwas ba. A shekara mai zuwa, ta sake neman shiga kuma aka karɓe ta.

Carter ta kammala karatunta da ajin farko na Tuskegee na horar da CPTP. A ranar 1 ga Fabrairu, 1941, ta sami takardar shaidar matukin jirginta na sirri, wanda hakan ya sanya ta zama mace ta farko bakar fata matukin jirgi a Alabama. Ta fara tuka jirgin Piper J-3 Cub da ta yi haya a makarantar.

Watan bayan ta sami takardar shaidarta, Carter ta haɗu da Uwargidan Shugaban Ƙasa Eleanor Roosevelt, wacce ke ziyartar Tuskegee don nuna goyon baya ga matukan jirgin. Carter ya tuna cewa "Mrs. Roosevelt tana da kirki sosai; na yi magana da mutane."

Hulɗa da Herbert Carter

Mildred ta fara haɗuwa da Herbert Carter a shekarar 1939 lokacin da suka haɗu a harabar Tuskegee. Daga baya Herbert ya ce nan take ya yi sha'awarta, amma ba shi da kwarin gwiwar tambayarta ranar da za ta yi soyayya. Daga ƙarshe ya nemi ta yi rawa a harabar jami'a bayan ya ji cewa, kamar shi, an yi mata rajista a CPTP.

Ba a bar Herbert, ɗan kadet a aji 42-F na Tuskegee Airmen, [1] ya bar sansanin sojojin sama ko kuma ya yi soyayya da wasu ɗaliban Tuskegee a lokacin horonsa ba. [2] A ƙarshen mako, zai shirya ya hau jirgin sama don "duba jirgin sama" ya kuma haɗu da Mildred, tana tashi da jirginta da ta yi haya, a kan Tafkin Martin. [2] Ma'auratan za su yi ta hannu da sumba yayin da suke wucewa ta gaban juna. [3] Bayan Herbert ya kammala horonsa na ɗan kadet, an yi aure a ranar 21 ga Agusta, 1942 a cocin Sojojin Sama na Tuskegee . [3]