The Dodgen Family Foundation

03/10/2025

01/25/2024

Applications for the 2024 Elaine Williamson Dodgen Scholarship are open. Apply today.

01/22/2022

Applications are now open. Apply today.

07/05/2021

Meet our Elaine Williamson Dodgen Memorial Scholarship recipients. These are some incredibly dedicated young women. Over half of our applicants had GPA of 4.0 or better. For all of you who have donated, we cannot thank you enough. Elaine would be thrilled.

02/27/2021

If you are a woman pursuing a career in a traditionally male-dominated field, we want to hear from you. We're accepting applications for the Elaine Williamson Dodgen scholarship. APPLICATION DEADLINE IS MARCH 1.

Break the Barrier

01/14/2021

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01/06/2021

Now accepting applications. If you are a woman pursuing a career in a traditionally male dominated field, we want to hear from you. We're accepting applications for the Elaine Williamson Dodgen scholarship.

Break the Barrier

12/30/2020

Girls Can Be Pilots

My sister Carol Dodgen tells a story about the two of us flying with our mother to meet our dad in NY. Dad was a newly promoted bigwig, so the company paid for the family to fly first class. This meant that my sister (age 8) and I (age 11) got to tour the cockpit before the flight. After we returned to our seats, the stewardess brought me over a pair of wings to pin on my clothes.

“These are your pilot’s wings” she said. She then handed Carol a pair and said “and these are your stewardess wings”. Mom took them from my sister and said “she’ll have the pilot’s wings, also”. The stewardess gave my mother the shocked and indignant look usually reserved for communists or child molesters.

That was 1977.

In 2019, only 5.2% of pilots were female.

Elaine Dodgen spent most of her life fighting tooth and nail for women simply to have equal chances. That’s why we offer the Elaine Williamson Dodgen scholarship. If you would like to help, your gift is tax-deductible and greatly appreciated.

12/02/2020

Your support for The Dodgen Family Foundation helps young women pursue their education in traditionally male-dominated fields.
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09/26/2020

Today would have been Elaine Dodgen's 85th birthday. All of her life, she was a tireless, vocal advocate for equal opportunities for women. We honor that effort with the Elaine Williamson Dodgen Memorial scholarship, for women pursuing careers in traditionally male dominated fields. Help us make a difference as we help women break the barriers.