Early Life
Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock was born November 22, 1925 in a suburban neighborhood of Newark, Ohio. She was the oldest of three sisters, but during her childhood she found more in common with the boys. Her interest for flying was sparked when she was 12 years old when she and her father had the opportunity to fly in the cockpit of a Ford Trimotor airplane. In high school she took an engineering course of which she was the only girl and decided flying was her passion. She graduated from Newark High School (Ohio) in 1940 and went on to attend Ohio State University majoring in engineering.
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