# Who was the first woman to cross the Atlantic east-to-west solo

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 1, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-woman-to-cross-the-atlantic-east-to-west-solo/770380 "2016-11-01T17:07:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-woman-to-cross-the-atlantic-east-to-west-solo/770380/1 "2016-11-01T17:07:07Z")

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This might look like a GQ question but I suspect that most of you don’t actually know. I only came across her story this week. What I would like is for anyone who is interested to post who they think it was, before they look it up.

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**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-woman-to-cross-the-atlantic-east-to-west-solo/770380/2 "2016-11-01T18:08:44Z")

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Wild guesses: (a) a European but (b) not Amy Johnson, I suspect. Beryl Markham?

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-woman-to-cross-the-atlantic-east-to-west-solo/770380/3 "2016-11-01T18:14:31Z")

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More IMHO.

Off we go.

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**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-woman-to-cross-the-atlantic-east-to-west-solo/770380/4 "2016-11-01T23:30:50Z")

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> [@PatrickLondon](#):
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> Beryl Markham?

That would be my guess, but it seems too obvious.

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**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-woman-to-cross-the-atlantic-east-to-west-solo/770380/5 "2016-11-01T23:34:32Z")

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Wikipedia says it was Markham.

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**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-woman-to-cross-the-atlantic-east-to-west-solo/770380/6 "2016-11-02T00:34:04Z")

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Yeah - Markham née Clutterbuck. She had an amazing life. She was only the second person ever to do it.