Jacqueline Cochran Outline

Introduction
Hook: Inspired by the grace of birds, people have toiled for hundreds of years through physical and mental exertions to take flight. Once the Wright brothers complete the first successful flight in 1903, it did not take long for plans utilized in a variety of ways, including war. While being in the military was, and still is, considered considered primarily a man’s world, many females have made tremendous marks in the history of war.
Thesis: Jacqueline Cochran was a trailblazer in the field of aviation.
Body Paragraph 1: Her early life
Topic Sentence: Jacqueline, Jackie, Cochran’s early life did not suggest she would become a famous, record-holding pilot.
Concrete Detail: She was born around 1906 in extreme poverty, “never owning

a pair of shoes until she was nine,” and she “stole chickens to feed her family” (“Jackie Cochran Biography”).
Commentary: Despite the desperation of her childhood, Cochran was determined to overcome her birth circumstances.
Commentary: She set high goals for herself, never settling for less than best.
Concluding Sentence: Jacqueline Cochran fought against the few options created by impoverishment in order to achieve greatness.
Body Paragraph 2: Early life part 2
Topic Sentence: Cochran’s perseverance drove her to become successful in business.
Concrete Detail: As a teen, she was “hired to sweep the floors” of a beauty shop, but soon she was “cutting hair for a living” (“Jacqueline Cochran”). By the age of twenty-six, she “advanced her hairdressing career, garnering high-profile clients and devoted customers” (“Jacqueline Cochran”).
Commentary: Female entrepreneurs were a rarity in 1930s America, especially during the Great Depression, but that did not stop her.
Commentary: Never satisfied with stagnation, Cochran always pushed herself for more.
Concluding Sentence: Jacqueline Cochran would go on to apply her drive in business to a drive in aviation.
Body Paragraph 3 Beginning in Aviation
Topic Sentence: Once Jacqueline Cochran decided to learn to fly, she exceeded expectations.
Concrete Detail: At a business dinner in 1932, Floyd Odium, who would become her husband, recommended Cochran learning how to fly in order to expand her business (“Jacqueline Cochran”). By the end of 1932, Cochran earned her pilot’s license and was competing within two years (“Jackie Cochran”).
Commentary: She did not let the fact that flying was male-dominated to slow her down.
Commentary: Cochran applied the same tenacity she had shown in her business to learning how to fly.

Concluding Sentence: Learning how to fly made an indelible mark on Jacqueline Cochran, the small town hairdresser, turn business mogul, turn pilot.
Body Paragraph 4 - flying in WWII
Topic Sentence: As World War II swept the world, Jacqueline Cochran, a competitive flyer who had won several competitions, initiated a pilot program for women.
Concrete Detail: Spearheading efforts to get women more involved in the war effort, Cochran, “the first woman to fly a bomber across the North Atlantic,” “was appointed to the General Staff of the U.S. Army Air Forces to direct the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program and trained women pilots for the duration of the war” (“Jacqueline Cochran”).
Commentary: Despite being initially turned away by Army Air Force General Arnold, Cochran kept appealing to the need for competent flyers, whether they be male or female (“Jacqueline Cochran”).
Commentary: By training other females to be pilots, she was able to inspire countless women to fulfill their potential and their dreams.
Concluding Sentence: Jacqueline Cochran boldly used her talents of flying and business acuity to contribute the war effort, during a time when women had fewer

options.
Body Paragraph 5 - after the war
Topic Sentence: After World War II, Jacqueline Cochran continued to feed her enthusiasm for flying.
Concrete Detail: Cochran, a recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal, set numerous transcontinental and international aviation records, and she also “became the first woman to break the sound barrier” (“Jacqueline Cochran”). After all Cochran accomplished during World War II and her pioneering work on aviation, she was “enshrined in the Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, Ohio, the first woman to be so honored” (“Jacqueline Cochran”).
Commentary: Cochran’s work as a pilot during the war and her record-breaking career as a competitive pilot cements her place in the history of aviation.
Commentary: She continues to be an inspiration for females and pilots.
Concluding Sentence: Cochran would be a fan of flying and aviation until her death in 1980.
Conclusion
Restate Thesis: Jacqueline Cochran’s contributions to the field of aviation remain significant even decades after her death.
Concluding Sentences: Female business mogul, pilot, and record-breaker, Jackie would not take no for an answer and worked just as hard, if not harder, than her male contemporaries. For Jacqueline Cochran, the sky was the limit.