Season 1 · Episode 1529
Brewer's Brigadier Promotion & Quimby's Birth| May 11
On this day in 1978, Margaret Brewer, a native of Durand, became the Marine…
Michigan Minute · WKAR Public Media
May 11, 20251m 0s
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Show Notes
On this day in 1978, Margaret Brewer, a native of Durand, became the Marine Corps’ first woman brigadier general. Inspired by the Iwo Jima flag raisers, she joined the Marines after graduating from the University of Michigan. And in 1875, Harriet Quimby, the first licensed American female pilot, was born in Arcadia, Michigan.