Ferdinand Léon Delagrange is credited with being the first to take a woman, Thérèse Peltier, aloft in an airplane, on July 8, 1908, in Milan.
Sources
- After Thomas Selfridge (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://historynet.com/french-aviation-pioneer/ (historynet.com)
- https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/8-july-1908/ (thisdayinaviation.com)
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