Phoebe Omlie and Mrs. Walter Fain, 1932

Creators

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Source Collection

Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie collection, Special Collections Department, University Libraries, University of Memphis

Identifier

sc.0491.001_028.012

Description

Phoebe Omlie, Memphis aviatrix, and Mrs. Walter Fain, leaving on a speaking tour on behalf of the Franklin Roosevelt presidential campaign on October 24,1932. Image by Goodman Commercial Photographer, Memphis, Tennessee.

In 1932, Phoebe Omlie decided to campaign for Franklin D. Roosevelt and hit the campaign trail with Miss Memphis (aircraft). During the summer, she stumps in 16 different states logging more than 20,000 miles.

FDR rewarded hOmlie by appointing Pher as a special assistant for air intelligence of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. She was the first woman to hold a position of any consequence in any of the government's aviation bureaux.

Date Created

2023

Date

1932 October 24

Recommended Citation

"Phoebe Omlie and Mrs. Walter Fain, 1932" (2023). Images. 8.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-phoebefomlie1/8