If asked to name a female aviator, the first name to come to mind is often Amelia Earhart, or perhaps Amy Johnson, (both of whom, incidentally, disappeared). Yet, despite her achievements being on a par with theirs, Jean Batten is someone whose name has faded into obscurity, like so many women throughout history.
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Nellie Bly – Around the World in Seventy-Two Days
When Jules Verne penned 'Around the World in Eighty Days', no-one could have imagined that it would be a woman who broke Fogg's fictitious record. Nellie Bly, never one to shirk at a challenge, took on the task in 1889, emerging victorious 72 days later.