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The Harmon Trophy for the outstanding American aviatrix of 1937 was awarded to Jacqueline Cochran, right, of New York by Eleanor Roosevelt at the White House in Washington D.C., April 4, 1938. In the background are, left to right: Major Alexander P. de Seversky, Mrs. Helen MacCloskey and Mrs. Evelyn Olliphant de Seversky. (AP Photo)