Did you know the first person to win an Emmy Award was a lady?! That's right. Lots of famous women in history have achieved important female firsts, paving ...
Amelia Earhart. She is widely known for being the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean non-stop, and also across North America, but at the time she was also known for being the first female passenger across the Atlantic Ocean – a feat achieved at a young age that no doubt...
Additionally, she was the first female to be granted a membership in The Swedish Academy in 1914. Birthplace: Mårbacka Martin Buber Dec. at 87 (1878-1965) Martin Buber (Hebrew: מרטין בּוּבֶּר; German: Martin Buber; Yiddish: מארטי...
since she knew she would be discovered if she went to a military hospital, and her being listed as a deserter upon leaving made it impossible for her to return after she recovered. Nevertheless, she still continued serving her new country, again as a nurse, though now as a female one at...
opened.Sosheworkedtopayforherflyinglessons.In1933,attheageof26,shebecamethefirstfemalepilotintheArabworld.Herfatherwasangryatfirst,buthesoonbecameproudofher.Heevenjoinedherfirstflightoverthepyramids(金字塔)ofGiza.Lotfia'ssuccessencouragedmanyotheryoungEgyptianwomentobecomepilots.(与同龄的其他女孩不同,Lotfia...
Lotfia’s success encouraged many other young Egyptian women to become pilots.Lee Ya-Ching Lee Ya-Ching was China’s first woman pilot. When the war(战争)broke out between China and Japan in 1937, Lee volunteered to be a pilot but was turned down. To help her country, Lee set up a ...
和第二段In1933,attheageof26,shebecamethefirstfemalepilotintheArabworld.(1933年,26岁的她成为阿拉伯世界第一位女飞行员。)以及第三段Johnsonsetothersolorecords,whichearnedherthenickname"QueenoftheAir".DuringWorldWarⅡ(1939-1945),sheservedinthenavy.(约翰逊还创造了其他单飞记录,这为她赢得了"空中女王"的...
"Lassie Come Home," due to his gender. He was taken on as a stunt dog instead, while a female Collie was hired for the main part. Pal, however, reportedly impressed the filmmakers so much during production that they ended up releasing the female Collie from her contract and using him in...
Following a 27-month hiatus in North America, during which he wrote three of his most important works, he joined the Free French Air Force in North Africa, although he was far past the maximum age for such pilots and in declining health. He disappeared and is believed to have died while...