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Category Archives: 1920 – 1929

Amelia Earhart
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Amelia Earhart – USA

Born in Kansas, Amelia Earhart (1897 – 1937) decided to study nursing after she met four wounded World War I veterans on the street. During the war, Amelia worked as […]

July 25, 2015 Centennial Team
Evelyn Bobbi Trout
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Evelyn “Bobbi” Trout – USA

When Evelyn “Bobbi” Trout (1906 – 2003) saw her first airplane fly overhead, it was love at first sight. On New Year’s Day of 1928, Bobbi began her training at […]

July 25, 2015 Centennial Team
Elinor Smith
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Elinor Smith – USA

In 1918, at the age of six, Elinor Smith (1911 – 2010) took her first plane ride in a Farman pusher that took off from a potato patch near Hicksville […]

July 25, 2015 Centennial Team
Amy Johnson
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Amy Johnson – England

Born in Kingston, Amy Johnson (1903 – 1941) studied at the University of Sheffield, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in economics. She then worked in London as […]

July 25, 2015 Centennial Team
Pancho Barnes
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Florence Lowe Barnes – USA

Florence Lowe “Pancho” Barnes (1901 – 1975) was born as Florence Leontine Lowe on July 22, 1901 to Thaddeus Lowe II (1870-1955) and his first wife Florence May (Dobbins) Lowe. […]

July 25, 2015 Centennial Team
Mary Bailey
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Mary Bailey – England

Daughter of Derry Westenra, the fifth Baron Rossmore of Rossmore Castle, Co. Monaghan, Lady Mary Bailey (1890-1960) married the South African millionaire Abe Bailey in 1911. Awarded her pilot’s licence […]

July 25, 2015 Centennial Team
Marga von Etzdorf
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Marga von Etzdorf – Germany

Born in Etzdorf, Marga von Etzdorf (1907 – 1933) lost her parents in an accident when she was only four years old. She was a very athletic woman with interests […]

July 25, 2015 Centennial Team
Bessie Coleman
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Bessie Coleman – USA

Born in Texas, the tenth of thirteen children, Bessie Coleman (1892 – 1926) heard tales from pilots who were returning home from World War I and started to fantasize about […]

July 25, 2015 Centennial Team
Adrienne Bolland
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Adrienne Bolland – France

Adrienne Bolland (1896 – 1975) earned her pilot licence in 1920. She was the second woman to cross the English Channel on August 25, 1920. In 1921, Bolland worked as […]

July 25, 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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