Here's an article with some more photos of Ruth Westheimer, the pilot and more information about her: https://www.thehenryford.org/collections/explore/articles/the-wasp-an-airplane-knows-no-sexI was really floored though. The name is the same, and she kinda looks a little like her, too.
Her full name is Ruth W. Westheimer Neymark Tompkins, the last two being the family names of her 2 husbands in this order. (I found her in a list under Tompkins). She graduated from high school in 1939 so she was born around 1921-1922 maybe? Both ladies with the same names are Jewish and from German families, being physically similar is not unusual (I'm not saying they were related). Ruth passed away in 2016, Dr. Ruth passed away in 2024.
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