Patricia Kenworthy Nuckols

Kenworthy enlisted in the WASP program during World War II despite falling short of the requirement that pilots have a height of . She claimed to be five feet two-and-a-half inches and, training in the back seat of a Steerman, she used three pillows to see over the training pilot in the front seat. The WASP pilots were not recognized as military pilots until the 1970s. The Vermont Legislature also passed a resolution honoring Nuckols for "her extraordinary military service as a World War II flying WASP." ==Field hockey player==

Kenworthy was also a star field hockey player. In November 1940, she was selected as a first-team left back on the All-America women's field hockey team. She was also selected as a reserve player on the 1939 All-America team and as a first-team All-American in 1941. She resumed playing field hockey as a center halfback after the war and traveled to Europe in 1948 as part of the U.S. national team. In 1988, she became one of the charter inductees into the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame. ==Personal life==

Kenworthy Nuckols was born on June 21, 1921, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. who became a senior executive at Campbell Soup Company. She died in Manchester, Vermont, on January 17, 2022, at the age of 100. ==References==