Gertrude Bacon (1874-1949) was a widely known British aeronautical pioneer. Her life was full adventure, and she performed a significant number of “firsts” for women in aeronautics, astronomy, and botany, including being the first passenger on a seaplane, the first Englishwoman to fly in an airplane, and the discovery of Carex microglochin (bristle sedge) in Great Britian. Much of her writing popularized aeronautics and promoted both commercial and amateur flying as fields for women. She was awarded the British war medal for her service in WWI.
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