betty murphy phillips was a journalist working for the family newspaper, the baltimore afro-american. she became the first black female overseas work correspondent when she traveled to europe in 1944. after getting sick, she reported from her hospital bed as black soldiers can tear bedside to tell their stores. will brown held a commercial pilot's license and a master mechanic certificate. you can imagine how unusual that was a late 30's. she taught aviation glasses for the new deal wpa, works progress administration with her husband establishing their coffee school of aeronautics and chicago. at the school that trained pilots. the school was open to men of any race, and men who completed training to take the exam to qualify for training as pilots with the u.s. army air forces at tuskegee. even some of the instructors had been trained at willis school, many like her. none of these women lead discrimination stand in the way when their country sent out the call for war workers. as fewer men were available to fill jobs in war-related industries, opportunities opened up for women. these a