Millicent Bryant – Australia
Millicent Bryant (1878-1927) became the first Australian woman to be earn a pilot license on March 28, 1927. Unfortunately, just seven months later, she drowned in a ferry accident in […]
Gladys Sandford – New Zealand
Gladys Sandford (1891-1971) was the first woman in New Zealand to earn a pilot licence (No. 18). Forced to support herself, Mrs Sandford worked as a motorcar saleswoman and taught […]
Kwon Ki-ok – Korean
Born in Pyongyang’s Sangsugu Village, Korea, Kwon Ki-ok (1901 – 1988) she was inspired to learn to fly after seeing a 1917 aerobatics demonstration by American stunt pilot Art Smith. […]
Tadashi Hyodo – Japan
After working two years to get her license in the male-dominated Japanese society, Tadashi Hyodo was the first Japanese woman to earn a pilot license.
Teresa de Marzo – Brazil
Teresa de Marzo (1903 – 1986) decided to become a pilot at seventeen years of age. When she revealed her desire, she faced strong opposition from family, immigrants from Naples, […]
Amalia Celia Figueredo – Argentina
Amalia Celia Figueredo (1895 – 1985) settled down in the environs of the Villa Lugano aerodrome in 1914. She became acquainted with the Frenchman Paul Castaibert, aviator and builder of […]
Else Haugk – Switzerland
Else Haugk (last name also sometimes spelled Haugh), a Swiss, travelled to Gemany to take flying lessons. She earned a German pilot license number 785 on June 6th 1914. She […]
Elena Caragiani-Stoenescu – Romania
Elena Caragiani-Stoenescu (1887 – 1929) was the daughter of doctor Caragiani and Zenia Radovici. She was interested in flying and considered flying as a field specialist like her brother, Lieutenant […]
Rosina Ferrario – Italy
Born in Milan into a wealthy bourgeois family, Rosina Ferrario (1888 – 1959) showed an early interest in sports, and especially mountain climbing. She learned to drive a car, and […]