Aviatrix Career Guide

Baroness Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman to obtain a pilot's license seven years after the Wright Brother's first flight in Kitty Hawk, NC. Despite the speed with which women pressed to enter the world aviation, only about 7% of pilots are women. About 25% of non-pilot airmen certificates are held by women.

Since the beginning of flight explorations, women have successfully made a name for themselves. During the first 80 years of aviation's 113 year history, women were consistently denied a place among the most popular industry careers. It wasn’t until 1973 that Emily Howell Warner became the first female airline captain in the United States.

Today women do not face the same restrictions as they did in past decades. But many still find it difficult to imagine themselves as pilots or working in the aviation industry. The women who do pursue these careers face subtle discrimination. It took over half a century for women to enter the job market, and their numbers are still low today.

See statistics of women in aviation.
2. "Raymonde De Laroche." Women in Aviation and Space History. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Web. 19 July 2016.
3. U.S. Civil Airmen Statistics. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Management Systems, 2015.
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