Women in Aviation History

Since the Wright Brothers took flight in 1903, women have made a significant contribution to aviation. The following is just a small sampling of the contributions women have made to the field of aviation.

  Juanita Bailey - The Flying Beautician
   
  Elly Beinhorn and the origin of the Amelia Earhart postage stamp 
   
  Bessie Coleman Biography
  Bessie Coleman Website
   
  Achsa Donnels - Honored by 99s on her 99th Birthday
   
  Amelia Earhart - a timeline
  We Take to the Air - excerpt from For the Fun of It by Amelia Earhart
  The Story of the 49 ½ ers - by George Putnam - Excerpted from: Forgotten Husband, Pictorial Review, December 1932
   
  Lois Feigenbaum by Sue Feigenbaum-Ackley 
   
  Phyllis Fleet - Charter member
   
  "Mercury 13" Story by Wally Funk
   
  Betty Huyler Gillies
   
  Candis (Hitzig Gullino) Hall - Charter Member
   
  Laura Frances Brooks Harney
   
  Teresa James - Pioneer Pilot
   
  Amy Johnson - Pioneer Airwoman
   
  Dorothea "Didi" Moorman - WASP - B-29 Pilot
   
  Grace Muriel Earhart Morrissey
   
  Gladys O'Donnell - Charter Member
   
  Mabel Virginia Rawlinson - Pilot, Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)
   
  Louise Sacchi - Aviation Highlights
   
  Beverely "Bev" Sharp - Ninety-Nines International President 1998-2000
   
  Sharpie: The Life Story of Evelyn Sharp - Nebraska's Aviatrix 
   
  Dora Strother - WASP - B-29 Pilot
   
  Mary Chance Van Scyoc - Early ATC Pioneer
   
  Bobbi Trout - Record Maker
   
  Margaret Thomas "Tommy" Warren - The Early Years... 
  Margaret Thomas "Tommy" Warren and Josephine "Jody" Wood - The End of an Era 
   
  Fay Gillis Wells - Charter Member
   
  Ann Wood-Kelly - Aviation Pioneer
   
   
   
 

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