Person:Aida de Acosta (1)

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Aida de Acosta
b.28 Jul 1884
d.26 May 1962
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  • F.  Ricardo de Acosta (add)
  • M.  Micaela Hernandez de Alba y de Alba (add)
  1. Rita de Acosta Lydig1875 - 1929
  2. Aida de Acosta1884 - 1962
  3. Mercedes de Acosta1893 - 1968
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m. 1927
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Facts and Events
Name Aida de Acosta
Gender Female
Birth[1] 28 Jul 1884
Marriage to Oren Root, II
Marriage 1927 to Henry Skillman Breckinridge
Divorce 1947 from Henry Skillman Breckinridge
Death[1] 26 May 1962
Reference Number? Q2827774?


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Aida de Acosta Root Breckinridge (July 28, 1884 – May 26, 1962) was an American socialite and the first woman to fly a powered aircraft solo. In 1903, while in Paris with her mother, she caught her first glimpse of dirigibles. She then proceeded to take only three flight lessons, before taking to the sky by herself.

Later in life, after losing sight in one eye to glaucoma, she became an advocate for improved eye care and was executive director of the first eye bank in America.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Aida de Acosta, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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