aviatrix

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In the summer of 1937, famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart journeys into history in her attempt to become the first woman to circumnavigate the globe.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2019

And while Earhart may be the most iconic aviatrix, it was Law who paved the way.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2019

On this date in 1915, aviatrix Katherine Stinson dropped Arizona’s first official air mail letters near the Tucson Post Office.

From Washington Times • Nov. 1, 2017

A line of chatter about a pioneering aviatrix runs through the season opener.

From Slate • Sep. 14, 2012

In making the turn the monoplane flown by the Cuban aviatrix could not negotiate it at as sharp an angle as Peggy's machine, owing to its not being equipped with an equalizing, or stability device.

From The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly by Burnham, Margaret