Janet Bragg
Deceased Person
1907 – 1993
Who was Janet Bragg?
Janet Harmon Waterford Bragg was an American amateur aviator. She was the first African-American woman to hold a Commercial Pilot Licence.
Janet Harmon was born on March 24, 1907 in Griffin, Georgia. She was the seventh child in a family with African and Cherokee ancestry. Harmon attended Episcopal schools and Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, and qualified as a registered nurse in 1929. Shortly after graduation she left Georgia for Illinois and was hired as a nurse by Wilson Hospital in Chicago. She married Evans Waterford; this first marriage fell apart in two years. After the divorce Harmon continued to work as nurse, this time for practicing doctors, and attended the Loyola University. In 1941–1951 she worked as a health inspector for an insurance company. In 1953 she married Sumner Bragg; together the Braggs managed nursing homes for the elderly in Chicago until their own retirement in 1972.
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- Born
- Mar 24, 1907
Griffin - Also known as
- Janet Harmon Bragg
- Education
- Spelman College
- Died
- Apr 11, 1993
Blue Island
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on July 23, 2013
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