Evelyn Howren

**Evelyn Greenblatt Howren** (28 ga Yuli, 1917 - 9 ga Fabrairu, 1998) mace ce 'yar Amurka mai tukin jirgin sama. Ta taimaka wajen shirya rundunar farko ta mata ta Civil Air Patrol, tana ɗaya daga cikin mata na farko masu kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama a Amurka, kuma tana cikin aji na farko na Mata Masu Tukin Jirgin Sama a Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu . Bayan yaƙin, ta ci gaba da aiki a harkar sufurin jiragen sama a Georgia tsawon shekaru da yawa. Ita ce mace ta uku da aka shigar a cikin Zauren Shahararrun Jiragen Sama na Georgia . An haife ta kuma ta mutu a Atlanta, Georgia .

## Tarihin Rayuwa
An haifi Evelyn Greenblatt a Atlanta a shekarar 1917, 'yar Samuel Robert Greenblatt da Bessie (Shear) Greenblatt.  Ta kammala karatunta daga Makarantar Presbyterian ta North Avenue  a shekarar 1934 kuma ta halarci Jami'ar Vanderbilt . 

A lokacin da take Vanderbilt ne ta ɗauki darasin farko na jirgin sama a shekarar 1939. Bayan kammala karatunta ta ɗauki darasin jirgin sama a filin jirgin saman Atlanta (wanda a lokacin ake kira Candler Field )  Iyayenta sun ƙi biyan kuɗin azuzuwan jirgin sama, don haka dole ta yi hakan a ɓoye, wani lokacin tana yin fakin don samun kuɗi.  (Daga baya ta tuna cewa a wani lokaci ta sayar da tayar motarta don ta biya kuɗin gyaran Babban Jirgin Samanta  ). Ta yi jirginta na farko ita kaɗai a cikin jirgin Piper J-3 Cub a farkon 1941.  Sai bayan jirgin kaɗai ta faɗa wa iyayenta abin da ta yi. 

Greenblatt ta sami lasisin tukin jirgin sama na sirri a ranar 3 ga Nuwamba, 1941.  A wata mai zuwa ta shiga rundunar sintiri ta jiragen sama ta Civil Air Patrol wacce aka kafa a lokacin kuma ta taimaka wajen shirya rundunar ta farko mai mata. Ta ci gaba da aiki a cikin kungiyar tsawon shekaru bayan haka.   Yunin 1942, tana cikin matukan jirgi uku da aka nada a cikin aji na mata takwas da aka horar da su kan kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama,  ta zama daya daga cikin mata na farko masu kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama a Amurka. 

### Aikin soja
Tare da kyakkyawan tarihi da kuma sama da sa'o'i 300 na tashi , an sallame ta daga aikin kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama a watan Nuwamba 1942 don shiga aji na farko na Matan Jiragen Sama na Sojan Sama (WASPs). Ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin ajin farko na ashirin da uku waɗanda suka kammala karatunsu a ranar 24 ga Afrilu, 1943, a Filin Ellington da ke Houston .  A lokacin yaƙin an tura ta zuwa Love Field a Dallas da Peterson Army Air Base a Colorado Springs . 

Greenblatt ta shafe watanni 16 tana jigilar jiragen sama daban-daban daga masana'antunta zuwa cibiyoyin horar da sojoji da sauran wurare.  Ta yi jigilar jiragen sama daban-daban guda 30, ciki har da jiragen bama-bamai na B-17 da B-24  da nau'ikan jiragen sama shida na yaƙi .  A ƙarshen yaƙin, ta yi sa'o'i 3,000 na lokacin tashi.  An aika ta tare da wasu mata a bazara na 1944 zuwa Makarantar Sojojin Sama ta Makamai Masu Amfani  a Orlando, wanda ta kammala cikin nasara. Amma ba ta taɓa zama jami'a ba saboda sojoji sun yanke shawarar ci gaba da riƙe ma'aikatanta mata farar hula.  A wannan lokacin  ta tafi Colorado Springs don zama mai koyar da kayan aikin jirgin sama. "Yawancin yaran ba su ji daɗin cewa mace ce ta koya musu ba," ta tuna a 1994. 

An sallame ta cikin girmamawa a ranar 20 ga Disamba, 1944. [1] Bayan yaƙin, WASPs ba su sami fa'idodin GI ba, don haka Greenblatt ya yi kira ga Majalisar Dokokin Amurka na tsawon shekaru shida a cikin shekarun 1950 don canza hakan. [1] Sai a shekarar 1977 ne ita da sauran matan da suka tashi a Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu suka sami fa'idodin Gudanar da Tsoffin Sojoji . [1]

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