Background
She was born in Fort Walton Beach, and was the first female student admitted to the School of Pharmacy at what is today Auburn University, and was then Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
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She graduated in 1944 at the top of her class with Phi Kappa Phi and Cardinal Key honors.
Career
She later became one of the first women licensed to practice pharmacy in Florida. She was also licensed to practice pharmacy in Alabama. Bobelle had married at age 18, to 1st Lieutenant
Ewart T. Sconiers, but he died while imprisoned as a Prisoner Of War during World World War II in Stalag Luft III (of “The Great Escape” fame).
Shortly before Bobelle died, she learned his remains had been foundation According to her own journal, she made her first solo flight on April 5, 1945.
That year she received a pilot’s license and was trained to fly missions with the Civil Air Patrol. Bobelle moved to Crestview in 1946, where she worked at Brackin’s Pharmacy and flew with the patrol between Pensacola and Birmingham off and on for two years.
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United States
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Congressional Gold Medal
A Congressional Gold Medal is an award bestowed by the United States Congress; the Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom are the highest civilian awards in the United States.A Congressional Gold Medal is an award bestowed by the United States Congress; the Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom are the highest civilian awards in the United States.