Women Pilots

Margaret “Maggie” Gee was one of only two Chinese American women in the WASP program during WWII. She accumulated 50 hours of flying time which qualified her for the WASP’s, Gee applied and got accepted. She co-piloted B-17 bombers through training to help bomber gunners perfect their skill in combat. After the deactivation of the WASP program, Gee went back to UC Berkeley to finish her degree in physics. Subsequently obtaining her degree, Gee started work in the University of California’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1958. Her contribution helped the lab design nuclear warheads and the Poseidon missile. Gee retired in 1988 but stayed an adviser to the program at the university.