The Song of the Ninety-Nines
Elise Raymonde Deroche was born in 1882 in Paris, France. Having a fondness for sports as a child and then for motorcycles,...
Lee Ya-Ching
In 1926, 14-year-old Lee Ya-Ching walked onto a movie set where a director, taken by her beauty, offered her the opportunity to...
Bessie Coleman – Pioneer Aviator
Elizabeth “Bessie” Coleman was born on January 26, 1892 in Atlanta, Texas. As one of 13 children born to sharecroppers, George and...
Hellcat Test Pilot: Barbara Kibbee Jayne
History was made in 1943 when three pilots from Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, in Bethpage, NY, became the first women in the...
Lt. Col. Marjorie M. Gray
“The proudest moment of my life was not when I graduated from college, soloed my first airplane, obtained my commercial rating, received...
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