page_title: Dora Dougherty Strother
hierarchical_section_title: Dora Dougherty Strother
caption_attribution_description: Creator: Bell Helicopter Company Subject: Strother, Dora Jean Dougherty 1921- &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Ducayet, E. J &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Buyers, R. C &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Bell Helicopter Company &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;New York University Type: Black-and-White Prints Date: 1961 Topic: Women engineers &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Women scientists &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Aerospace engineering &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Helicopter pilots &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Test pilots Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA-SIA2008-1409] Summary: Dora Jean Dougherty Strother (b. 1921) (center) was a human factors engineer and test pilot for Bell Helicopter Co. in 1961 when this photograph was taken, and had just broken a helicopter altitude record (at 19,406 feet) in a Bell 47G-3. She was being congratulated by Bell chief test pilot R.C. Buyers (at left) and company president E.J. Ducayet (at right). Strother earned the first Ph.D. in aviation science from New York University and received many awards during her career for achievements in flight and engineering. Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives Persistent URL:Link to data base record Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution.
context_page_description: Dr. Dora Jean Dougherty Strother, was best known as a Woman Airforce Service Pilots and B-29 Superfortress demonstration pilot. She was a U.S. military pilot, human factors engineer with Bell Aircraft, instructor at the University of Illinois and helicopter test pilot for Bell Aircraft.
  Strother held a PhD in Aviation Education. She was a recipient of the Amelia Earhart Award for academic achievement and was an inductee in the Military Aviation Hall of Fame. In 1966, she was awarded the Achievement Award by the American Association of University Women. Strother was a 1987 inductee to the Texas Women's Hall of Fame. Strother was also a Whirly-Girl, serving as President of the organization from 1979-1981, and a member of the Ninety-Nines.
context_section_description: Dr. Dora Jean Dougherty Strother (also known as Dora Dougherty McKeown and/or Dora Strother McKeown; November 27, 1921 – November 19, 2013), was best known as a Woman Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) and B-29 Superfortress demonstration pilot. She was a U.S. military pilot, human factors engineer with Bell Aircraft, instructor at the University of Illinois and helicopter test pilot for Bell Aircraft.
  Strother held a PhD in Aviation Education (NYU, 1955). She was a recipient of the Amelia Earhart Award for academic achievement and was an inductee in the Military Aviation Hall of Fame. In 1966, she was awarded the Achievement Award by the American Association of University Women. Strother was a 1987 inductee to the Texas Women's Hall of Fame. Strother was also a Whirly-Girl, serving as President of the organization from 1979-1981, and a member of the Ninety-Nines.
caption: Jean Dougherty Strother, with E.J. Ducayet (right) and R.C. Buyers (left)
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