Ann Wood-Kelly

Ann Wood was born in Philadelphia in 1918 and was educated there and at Namur, Belgium. When she returned to the United States she continued her education at Melrose Academy, Philadelphia and then graduated from D’Youville College, Buffalo, New York with a degree in English literature in 1938. ==Aviator==

She gained a place on the Bowdoin College flight training program in 1941 and after eight hours of flying went solo. After the war she became an assistant to the United States Air attaché in London before she returned to the United States. She became a public relations manager for Northeast Airlines, and later worked for Pan American Airways, becoming their first female vice-president. ==Family and later life==

She married airline executive Jackson Kelly in 1948 and had a son but the marriage was dissolved. In her last ten years she travelled around the United States giving lectures on her experiences and in 2005 D'Youville College awarded her an honorary doctorate. She died on 14 April 2006 aged 88. ==References==