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Dale Evans Rogers (born Frances Octavia Smith; October 31, 1912 – February 7, 2001) was an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She was the second wife of singing cowboy film star Roy Rogers .
Marina Știrbei (1912–2001), Romanian aviator who founded the women's White Squadron in World War II; Antonie Strassmann (1901–1952), German an aerobatic aviator (emigrated to the US in 1932), who flew a Zeppelin from Germany to Pernambuco, Brazil in 1932. She performed aerobatic flights, including at the 1930 National Air Races in Chicago ...
Harriet Quimby (May 11, 1875 – July 1, 1912) was an American pioneering aviator, journalist, and film screenwriter. In 1911, she became the first woman in the United States to receive a pilot's license and in 1912 the first woman to fly across the English Channel.
(23 August 1912 – 2 February 1996) 16 Vivien Leigh ... Dale Evans (1912–2001) Frances Farmer (1913–1970) Glenda Farrell (1904–1971) Alice Faye (1915–1998)
Beata Margareta Kristina Söderbaum (5 September 1912 – 12 February 2001) was a Swedish-born German film actress, producer, and photographer. She performed in Nazi-era films made by a German state-controlled production company.
Ranked world No. 1 in singles for a total of 17 weeks in 2001 & 2002 Singles: 2001/2002 Australian Open champion • 2001 French Open champion • 1992 Olympic gold medalist: Mary Carillo United States: 1957: Ranked world No. 33 in singles in 1980 Mixed doubles: 1977 French Open champion: Pam Casale United States: 1963: Ranked world No. 14 in 1984
Amanda Theodosia Jones established the first all-women's company, called Women's Canning and Preserving Company; 1891 Marie Owens, born in Canada, was hired as America's first female police officer, joining the Chicago Police Department. [46] Irene Williams Coit, was the first woman passing the Yale College entrance examination. [47] 1892
Madge Adam (1912–2001), English solar astronomer; Maggie Aderin-Pocock (born 1968), English space scientist; Conny Aerts (born 1966), Belgian astrophysicist specializing in asteroseismology; Aglaonike (c. 1st or 2nd Century BCE), ancient Greek astronomer and thaumaturge; María Luisa Aguilar Hurtado (1938–2015), Peruvian astronomer