About Amelie Beese
Amelie Hedwig Boutard-Beese, also known as Melli Beese, was the first female German pilot, qualifying in 1911, as well as the first such aircraft engineer. Together with Lilly Steinschneider and Marie Marvingt, she is considered one of the first female pioneers of aviation. To get there, however, she had to overcome many obstacles and fight the male-dominated bastion. Amelie Hedwig Boutard-Beese (13 September 1886 – 21 December 1925), also known as Melli Beese, was the first female German pilot, qualifying in 1911, as well as the first such aircraft engineer. She won a prize for a group sculpture, The Soccer Players.
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