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Beatrix de Rijk
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Beatrix de Rijk – Netherlands

Beatrix de Rijk (1883 – 1958) grew up in the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia. At some point, she came to live in Paris and took flying lessons at Hanriot […]

July 24, 2015 Centennial Team
Amelie Hedwig Beese
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Amelie Hedwig Beese – Germany

Before she was fascinated with flying, Amelie Hedwig Beese (1886-1925) started a career as an artist, studying in Stockholm as a sculptor. She got her pilot licence on her birthday, […]

July 23, 2015 Centennial Team
Katherine Stinson
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Katherine Stinson – USA

Born in Fort Payne, Alabama, Katherine Stinson (1891 – 1977) was passionate about music and wanted to travel to Europe to study. To raise funds, she decided to cash in […]

July 23, 2015 Centennial Team
Hilda Hewlett
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Hilda Hewlet – England

On August 29, 1911, Hilda Hewlett (1864 – 1943) became the first woman in the UK (10th in the world) to earn a pilot’s licence when she received certificate No.122 […]

July 23, 2015 Centennial Team
Lidiya Zvereva
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Lidia Zvereva – Russia

Lidia Zvereva (1890-1916) was the first Russian woman (8th in the world) to get a pilot licence when she received licence number 31 on August 10, 1911 at the Russian […]

July 23, 2015 Centennial Team
Harriet Quimby
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Harriet Quimby – USA

Born in Michigan, Harriet Quimby (1875 – 1912) became a successful journalist and screenwriter before she became interested in aviation in 1910. On August 1, 1911, she was the first […]

July 23, 2015 Centennial Team
Helene Dutrieu
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Hélène Dutrieu – Belgium

Born in Tournai, Belgium, Hélène Dutrieu (1877 – 1961) left school at the age of 14 to earn a living. She became a speed track cycling world champion, a stunt […]

July 23, 2015 Centennial Team
Mathilde Moisant
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Matilde Moisant – USA

The child of French Canadian immigrants, Mathilde Moisant (1878 – 1964) was born in Indiana, USA. Her brothers, John and Alfred were aviators. Moisant learned to fly at her brothers’ […]

July 23, 2015 Centennial Team
Marie-Louise Driancourt
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Marie-Louise Driancourt – France

Born Marie-Louise Martin in Lyon, France, Marie-Louise Driancourt (1887 – 1914) had three children before she began flying lessons at the Blériot school near Chartres. She transferred to the Caudron […]

July 23, 2015 Centennial Team

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Virginie Guyot – France

Virginie Guyot – France

Born in Angers, France, Virginie Guyot (1976 – ) went on a discovery flight when she was 12 years old. Thereafter, she decides to become a pilot. She goes to […]

Eileen Collins – USA

Eileen Collins – USA

Collins’s parents were immigrants from Ireland. As a child, Eileen Collins (1956 – ) expressed an interest both in space flight and in being a pilot. After graduating from Elmira […]

Barbara Harmer – England

Barbara Harmer – England

Born in Bognor Regis, England, Barbara Harmer (1954 – 2011) left school aged 15 to pursue a career in hairdressing. Harmer’s first experience in the aviation industry was six years [...]

Geraldine “Jerrie” Mock – USA

Geraldine “Jerrie” Mock – USA

After having had several jobs, Geraldine (Jerrie) Mock (1925 – 2014), née Fredritz became manager of the Colombus Airport (Ohio). She had married Russell Mock in 1945 and they had […]

Valentina Tereshkova – Russia

Valentina Tereshkova – Russia

Valentina Tereshkova (1937 – ) was born in a small village in the Yaroslavl Oblast in western Russia. Tereshkova’s father was a tractor driver and her mother worked in a […]

Ada Rogato – Brazil

Ada Rogato – Brazil

Ada Rogato (1910 – 1986) received from her parents, Italian immigrants, the same education given to most women of that time – but she wanted to learn to fly. She […]

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