AMELIA EARHART
If behind every great man there’s always a great woman, then behind a great woman there’s often another great woman.
Amelia Earhart, the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and then later the Pacific, bought her first biplane thanks to her...
MARY CHANCE VANSCYOC
When we talk about women who have represented milestones in aviation history, we typically imagine very different contexts to that of today’s society.
By that logic, we might think that when in 1938 the very young Mary Chance VanScyoc won the Women's State Rifle Championship...
HÉLÈNE DUTRIEU
Pioneering women. Skilled women. Fearless women. Strong women. Or, more simply, women. Hélène Dutrieu was all this and much more.
In this column dedicated to some of the most fascinating stories from the past, we often write about the lives of women who, although they...