Nancy Bird Walton
In 1934, Nancy Bird Walton became Australia’s first female commercial pilot.
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Millicent Bryant
The first Australian woman to get a pilot’s licence
Hazel Raines
An accomplished aviator, Hazel Raines was the first woman in Georgia to earn a pilot’s license. She began her career as a stunt flyer, performing in daring aviation shows. As one of the first female pilots in the air force, Raines served as a lieutenant in World War II (1941-45) and the Korean War (1950-53).
Catherine Vail Bridge
WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) during WWII
Ida Mae Hampton Wassell
Ida Mae Hampton Wassell was an early pioneer in the world of women’s aviation
Jeannette Ridlon Piccard
The first woman ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church; she piloted a balloon nearly 58,000 feet over Lake Erie in 1934 to study the effects of cosmic rays in the stratosphere. She was the first woman to enter space, and hers was the first successful stratospheric flight made through a layer of clouds with a balloon that remained under control for the entire flight
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906- 2001) was an accomplished pilot, navigator, and writer who was also known for her role as the counterpart to famous husband Charles Lindbergh.
Mara Huling Langevin
The first minority female aviator in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.
Major Marcelite Jordan Harris
Maj. Gen. Marcelite Jordan Harris retired in 1997 as the highest-ranking female officer in the U.S. Air Force and the highest ranking African American woman in the Department of Defense.
Colonel Ruth Lucas
During World War II, Ruth Lucas enlisted in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and became one of the few Black women to attend what is now the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia. She transferred from the Army to the Air Force in 1947, where she stayed for the remainder of her military career.