Aviatrix. Born in England to retired military officer Charles Baldwin Clutterbuck and his wife, Clara Alexander, Beryl Markham grew into adulthood at her father's farm in Njoro, Kenya. At the age of 19, after a failed marriage, she became the first female licensed horse trainer in Kenya.
In 1931, after a second failed marriage, she learned to fly, and after amassing the required number of hours, she obtained her pilot's license and proceeded to make her living as a bush pilot, flying medicine, food, other supplies, and the occasional passenger to various different remote African outposts.
In 1936, she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean from east to west, although mechanical problems forced her down short of her intended destination of New York City.
Markham lived in the United States for a time, marrying her third husband and writing her memoirs. In 1952, divorced once again, she returned to Kenya and re-established herself in the field of horse training. Her memoirs were reprinted in 1983, and the proceeds from the reprint allowed her final three years to be pleasant ones.
In 1931, after a second failed marriage, she learned to fly, and after amassing the required number of hours, she obtained her pilot's license and proceeded to make her living as a bush pilot, flying medicine, food, other supplies, and the occasional passenger to various different remote African outposts.
In 1936, she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean from east to west, although mechanical problems forced her down short of her intended destination of New York City.
Markham lived in the United States for a time, marrying her third husband and writing her memoirs. In 1952, divorced once again, she returned to Kenya and re-established herself in the field of horse training. Her memoirs were reprinted in 1983, and the proceeds from the reprint allowed her final three years to be pleasant ones.
Aviatrix. Born in England to retired military officer Charles Baldwin Clutterbuck and his wife, Clara Alexander, Beryl Markham grew into adulthood at her father's farm in Njoro, Kenya. At the age of 19, after a failed marriage, she became the first female licensed horse trainer in Kenya.
In 1931, after a second failed marriage, she learned to fly, and after amassing the required number of hours, she obtained her pilot's license and proceeded to make her living as a bush pilot, flying medicine, food, other supplies, and the occasional passenger to various different remote African outposts.
In 1936, she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean from east to west, although mechanical problems forced her down short of her intended destination of New York City.
Markham lived in the United States for a time, marrying her third husband and writing her memoirs. In 1952, divorced once again, she returned to Kenya and re-established herself in the field of horse training. Her memoirs were reprinted in 1983, and the proceeds from the reprint allowed her final three years to be pleasant ones.
In 1931, after a second failed marriage, she learned to fly, and after amassing the required number of hours, she obtained her pilot's license and proceeded to make her living as a bush pilot, flying medicine, food, other supplies, and the occasional passenger to various different remote African outposts.
In 1936, she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean from east to west, although mechanical problems forced her down short of her intended destination of New York City.
Markham lived in the United States for a time, marrying her third husband and writing her memoirs. In 1952, divorced once again, she returned to Kenya and re-established herself in the field of horse training. Her memoirs were reprinted in 1983, and the proceeds from the reprint allowed her final three years to be pleasant ones.
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