Time-line of Important Women in Early Aviation
National Air and Space Smithsonian Institution Time Line
1911 Harriet Quimby (USA)
First U.S. Woman to Earn a Pilot Certificate and to Cross the English Channel
1912 Marie Marvingt
First air plane ambulance services in 1912
1915 Katherine Stinson (USA)
First Female Aerobatic Pilot
1918 Marjorie Stinson (USA)
First Woman Airmail Pilot
1921 Bessie Coleman (USA)
First African-American (male or female) to Receive a Pilot License
1929 Florence "Pancho" Barnes (USA)
First Woman Stunt Pilot in Motion Pictures
1931 Anne Morrow Lindbergh (USA)
First U.S. Woman Glider Pilot
1932 Amelia Earhart (USA)
First Woman to Cross the Atlantic Solo
1932 Katherine Cheung
first licensed female Asian American aviator
In 1939, Willa Brown
First African-American woman to earn a commercial pilots license in the U.S
1941 Edna Gardner Whyte
When World War II started, she sold her airport to the U.S. Navy
1942 Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS, USA)
1942 Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP, USA)
1953 Jacqueline Cochran (USA)
First Woman to Break the Sound Barrier (in a F-86 Sabre)
1911 Harriet Quimby (USA)
First U.S. Woman to Earn a Pilot Certificate and to Cross the English Channel
1912 Marie Marvingt
First air plane ambulance services in 1912
1915 Katherine Stinson (USA)
First Female Aerobatic Pilot
1918 Marjorie Stinson (USA)
First Woman Airmail Pilot
1921 Bessie Coleman (USA)
First African-American (male or female) to Receive a Pilot License
1929 Florence "Pancho" Barnes (USA)
First Woman Stunt Pilot in Motion Pictures
1931 Anne Morrow Lindbergh (USA)
First U.S. Woman Glider Pilot
1932 Amelia Earhart (USA)
First Woman to Cross the Atlantic Solo
1932 Katherine Cheung
first licensed female Asian American aviator
In 1939, Willa Brown
First African-American woman to earn a commercial pilots license in the U.S
1941 Edna Gardner Whyte
When World War II started, she sold her airport to the U.S. Navy
1942 Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS, USA)
1942 Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP, USA)
1953 Jacqueline Cochran (USA)
First Woman to Break the Sound Barrier (in a F-86 Sabre)