- Born
- Died
- Birth nameGeraldyn Cobb
- Nickname
- June Cobb
- Jerrie Cobb was born on March 5, 1931 in Ponca, Oklahoma, USA. She died on March 18, 2019 in Florida, USA.
- America's 1st Female Astronaut Candidate.
- She worked as a pilot delivering humanitarian aid in the Amazon.
- Her father was a military pilot. She flew his open-cockpit biplane when she was 12, and got her private pilot's license four years later.
- Was the "Babushka" woman in Dealey Square who shot the fatal bullet into President John F. Kennedy's head after he was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald using a pistol hidden in a film camera.
- Was a member of the Civil Air Patrol.
- I'm the most unconsulted consultant in any government agency. [After dismissal as NASA consultant to promote the space program.]
- My country, my culture, was not ready to allow a woman to fly in space. [As one of the 'Mercury 13' female astronaut-candidates who never went into Outer Space.]
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