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A signed portrait of Helen Richey in her Air Transit Authority (ATA) uniform.

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A portrait of Betty Miller, the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean in 1963. Miller was also one of the women who accepted the invitation to undergo astronaut testing at the Lovelace Clinic. Unfortunately, Miller did not pass the tests.…

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A portrait of Georgiana McConnell, who was one of the women who accepted the invitation to undergo astronaut testing at the Lovelace Clinic. Unfortunately, McConnell did not pass the tests. The thirteen women that did pass these tests later became…

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A portrait of Patricia Jetton, who was one of the women who accepted the invitation to undergo astronaut testing at the Lovelace Clinic. Unfortunately, Jetton did not pass the tests. The thirteen women that did pass these tests later became known as…

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A portrait of Joan Merriam Smith, the second woman to fly solo around the world. She was also one of the women who underwent astronaut testing under Dr. Lovelace, but Smith unfortunately did not pass the tests. The thirteen women that did pass these…

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Thelma Miller, a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), standing with a plane at Avenger Field in Stillwater, Texas.

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Major General Jeanne Holm was the first female general in the United States Air Force and the first female two star general in any branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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Louise Sacchi was the first international ferry pilot, and she formed her own ferrying business. Pictured here is Sacchi standing in front of her aerial map, showing the paths she flew all over the world for her business. She marked her routes and…

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Harriet Quimby wearing her purple satin flying suit. On August 1, 1911, Quimby was the first woman to receive a pilot's license in the United States. The next year, on April 16, 1912, she was the first woman to fly the English Channel solo.

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Phoebe Omlie wraps herself in a victory wreath as she stands in front of a plane.

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Elise Owen, member of the Connecticut Civil Air Patrol, stands at attention for this photograph.

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Seventeen female pilots gather for a photograph in front of a plane at the 1933 Annette Gibson Air Race.

Photo by S. O. Bancroft.

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Claudia M. Oakes, pictured here in front of an on-display aircraft, was the curator of the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D. C.

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Ohio's first licensed woman pilot Blanche Noyes poses in her flying attire.

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Four aviatrices, Blanche Noyes, Helen Richey, Helen MacCloskey, and Louise Thaden, pose for a photo.

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Ohio's first female licensed pilot Blanche Noyes is a guest of honor at a banquet.

Photo by Linell Vines.

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Aviatrix Louise Thaden holding her victory wreath after arriving first to Cleveland, Ohio in the first Women's Air Derby in 1929 (later called the Powder Puff Derby).

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Aviatrix Lauretta M. Schimmoler is pictured here next to a training plane in Sycamore, Ohio. Schimmoler had an impressive resume in and out of the flying community. She was one of the first members of the Ninety-Nines. Schimmoler was the first…

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Alys McKey Bryant, the first woman to fly in Canada, posing for a photo in her flight gear.

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British aviatrix Sheila Scott posing by her plane. The original print was signed by Scott.

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British aviatrix Sheila Scott sitting for a photograph at her home.

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British aviatrix Sheila Scott sits at the controls of a plane. Scott was known for her record breaking, accomplishing over a hundred new records in her piloting career. She was also credited as being the first pilot to fly over the North Pole in…

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Aviatrix pioneer Harriet Quimby sitting in her Bleriot plane about to take off.

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Famous aviatrix Harriet Quimby sits in the seat of an early plane. She was the first female pilot in the United States and the first woman to fly across the English Channel.

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Hélène Dutrieu piloting an early plane.

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