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title: Lieut. Willa Brown - Aviatrix, Maker of Pilots
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-alston-lieut-willa-brown-aviatrix-1943/
description: 'A large pencil portrait of Willa Brown in uniform cap is surrounded by small vignettes: receiving a key to the city, working a farm field.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Lieut. Willa Brown - Aviatrix, Maker of Pilots, 1943 US cartoon: A large pencil portrait of Willa Brown in uniform cap](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-owi-alston-lieut-willa-brown-aviatrix-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-owi-alston-lieut-willa-brown-aviatrix-1943.jpg)

# Lieut. Willa Brown - Aviatrix, Maker of Pilots

A large pencil portrait of Willa Brown in uniform cap is surrounded by small vignettes: receiving a key to the city, working a farm field, and saluting an officer. Hand-lettered paragraphs list her posts and the selection of her flying school. The tell is a weak fit for testimonial: an individual's record is presented as an example for the audience, without any stated endorsement.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
In recognition of her many achievements in the air, she was invited to Louisville, Ky., as guest of the city!

WELCOME TO LOUISVILLE

LIEUT. WILLA BROWN
AVIATRIX-
MAKER OF PILOTS

Lieutenant, and adjutant in the Civilian Air Patrol, Executive Secretary of the National Airmen's Association, and coordinator of War Training Service for the Civil Aeronautics Administration, Miss Brown still likes to hop into a plane and dash off a few loops, rolls and wing-overs!

Her flying school was selected by the Army and the Civil Aeronautics Administration to conduct the experiments which resulted in the admission of Negroes into the Air Force.

Alston
```

[← Let's Go to Work, Brother!!](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-alston-lets-go-to-work-brother-1943/) [You Can Make This Kind of Ammunition!! →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-alston-make-this-kind-of-ammunition-1943/)

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