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First woman of African American and Native American descent to earn a pilot’s license
Bessie Coleman was the first nonmilitary African American female in the world to earn a pilot’s license. She toured the country barnstorming, parachute jumping and giving lectures to raise money for a school for aspiring African American pilots. She achieved her international pilot’s license in 1921.