aviatrix

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It is still legally named Bob Hope, after the entertainer, and not, to my perpetual surprise, for the aviatrix who helped to put it on the map, Amelia Earhart.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2023

Scientists said they were almost certain that bones found on a Pacific island in 1940 were those of aviatrix Amelia Earhart, who disappeared in 1937 while attempting to circumnavigate the globe.

From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2018

On this date in 1929, Lady Mary Heath, a British aviatrix, stopped in Yuma during her aerial tour of the United States.

From Washington Times • May 23, 2018

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

From Slate • Sep. 14, 2012

“Well, now, I’ll just put the finishing touch on the engine and then I’ll be ready,” said the aviatrix, who had introduced herself as Ruth Moore.

From The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret by Penrose, Margaret