Women Who Conquered the Skies
By Sara Fathima
July 19 , 2022
Geraldine Mock
Also known as Jerrie Mock, was the first woman to fly solo around the world in 1964 in a 29-day-trip with 21 stopovers.
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Harriet Quimby
Journalist, the first woman to fly alone across the English Channel in 1912 after convincing her employers to pay for her lessons.
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Bessie Coleman
First African-American pilot who earned her licence in 1921, in France. She was known for performing stunts on airshows.
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Amelia Earhart
First woman to fly solo, and non-stop across the Atlantic in 1932. In an attempt to circumnavigate the globe in 1937, she disappeared.
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Sabiha Gökçen
Named the world’s first female combat pilot in the 1930s by the Guinness Book of World Records. She flew bomber planes and participated in 32 military operations.
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Ruth Nichols
The first woman to obtain a hydroplane license and hold simultaneous world records for altitude, speed, and distance.
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Jacqueline Cochran
The first woman to break the sound barrier in 1953 and one of the wartime heads of Women Airforce Service Pilots — which employed civilian women in non-combat roles.
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Raymonde de Laroche
Became the first licenced pilot in the world in 1910 and served as a military driver chauffeuring officers to the front under fire.
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