Early History of Women in Flight By michaelz Oct 13, 1910 1st Woman Pilot Blanche Scott Oct 13, 1911 1st Licenced Woman Pilot Harriet Quimby Oct 13, 1921 1st African-American Woman Pilot Bessie Coleman Oct 13, 1931 1st Woman of Chinese Ancestry to Earn Pilot License Katherine Cheung Oct 13, 1939 1st African-American Commercial Pilot Willa Brown Oct 13, 1953 1st Woman Pilot to Break the Sound Barrier Jackie Cochran