Image of Anésia Pinheiro Machado

Anésia Pinheiro Machado

1904-06-05 Itaí, São Paulo, Brazil

Image of Anésia Pinheiro Machado

Biografia

Anésia Pinheiro Machado (Itaí, June 5, 1904 - Rio de Janeiro, May 10, 1999) was a Brazilian aviator. She was the second woman to obtain an aviator's license in Brazil and the first to perform a solo flight in Brazilian skies. She became known worldwide for her activism in feminist causes and for her aerial conquests throughout her life. In May 1940, Mrs. Ulysses Grant McQuenn, president of the Women's International Association of Aeronautics, on a visit to Brazil, praised Anesia's performance after watching an acrobatic display by the Brazilian aviator on a Bücker Jungman training plane in Rio de Janeiro.

Películas

Anésia - Um Voo no Tempo Ela mesma 2001-11-30
Hei de Vencer 1924-11-24