Elly Beinhorn a German aviatrice got pilot licence when she was only 21 years old. She set many records. In 1931 she flew 7000 km to Africa (Portuguese Guine). Later she flied solo around world. She became only the second woman to fly solo from Europe to Australia.
Ratna Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah (1928- ) was Queen consort of Nepal from 1955 to 1972, and Queen Mother from 1972 until 2008, when the royal family were stripped of all titles and privileges. She is famous for her social work helping children in Nepal. Here is an image of a stamp depicting the queen being congratulated on her birthday by a group of children, printed by photogravure, and issued by Nepal on August 20, 1967, Scott No. 194, plus an image of a photo of Queen Ratna with American singer and actor Elvis Presley on a movie set in Los Angeles, California in 1960.
In 1938 Nadejda Russo participated, being the only woman, in the air raid in direction Pague - Bucuresti - Beograd - Bratislava. During WWII she was part of the first ace square of the White Sanitary Squadron, transported hundreds of wounded.
Maria Tecla Artemesia Montessori was an Italian physician and educator best known for the philosophy of education that bears her name, and her writing on scientific pedagogy.
On September of 1938 at the plane ANT-37 a crew consisting of three womne: commander Valentina Grizodubova, the co-pilot Polina Osipenko, and navigator Marina Raskova made a nonstop flight from Moscow to the far east (Kirbi), length 6450 km. During the flight of more than 26 hours the women`s world aircraft distance record was set.
Marie Françoise Perroton, aka Sister Marie du Mont Carmel (1796-1873), was the first Pioneer of the Marist Missionary Sisters in Oceania. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Perroton, and a map of the world highlighting the places served by Marist missionaries, designed by French artist Pierrette Lambert (1928- ), printed by lithography, and issued for use in Wallis and Futuna on October 25, 1996 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Sister's's birth, Scott No. 486, plus an image of a photograph of Marie Françoise Perroton which was surely a model for this stamp's design.
Carina Negrone was an Italian aviator the first Italian woman to obtain a pilot`s license in 1933. In 1935 she set the world altitute record of 12043 metres.
Jean Batten was a New Zealand aviator. Between 1934 and 1936 she set a number of record solo flights across the world. In 1936 she made the first-ever solo flight from England to New Zealand.
Marina Mikhailovna Raskova was a famous Soviet aviatrice and navigator (the first woman navigator in the Soviet Air Force 1933). During World War II she established women combat aviation regiment, that was consist all of women. and women pilots served in combat roles.
Here are images of the six stamps in a set featuring portraits of socialist heroines, printed by photogravure, and issued by Bulgaria on April 27, 1960 for International Women's Day, Scott Nos. 1095-1100.
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Vela Blagoeva (1858-1921), a Bulgarian teacher, journalist, and a leader of the women's socialist movement in Bulgaria.
Ana Maimunkova (1878-1925), a Bulgarian writer and socialist revolutionary martyr.
Vela Piskova (1889-1925), an organizer of the Revolutionary Workers` Movement in Bulgaria.
Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919), a Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist and revolutionary socialist of Polish-Jewish descent who became a naturalized German citizen.
Clara Zetkin (1857-1933), a German Marxist theorist, activist, and advocate for women's rights.
Nadezhda Konstantinovna "Nadya" Krupskaya (1869-1939), a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and politician, and the wife of Vladimir Lenin.
Sophie Blanchard was the first woman to work as a professional balloonist. She was wife of ballooning pioneer Jean-Pierre Blanchard. After his death she continued ballooning, making more than 60 ascents.
Happy Birthday to Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910), a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, poet, and the author of the lyrics to the American Civil War era song "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." Here are images of a first day cover and a pair of stamps featuring a portrait of Howe, designed by American artist Ward Brackett (1914-2006), engraved by Joseph S. Creamer, Jr. (vignette) and James L. Goodbody and Robert G. Culin, Sr. (lettering), and issued by the USA on February 12, 1987 as one of the "Great Americans" series, plus a sketched portrait of Julia Ward Howe which may have been the model for this stamp's design, and a YouTube link to a recording of a powerful rendition of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" by American singer, musician and civil and human rights activist Odetta Holmes (1930-2008).
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