Amelie Beese

Amelie Hedwig "Melli" Boutard-Beese
Melli Beese in front of the Poulain monoplane by Beese and Charles Boutard in December 1911
Born
Amelie Hedwig Beese

(1886-09-13)13 September 1886
Dresden, German Empire
Died21 December 1925(1925-12-21) (aged 39)
Berlin, Germany
Other namesMelli Beese
Occupationaviator

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. 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.

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