Airports celebrate Women's History Month

March is Women’s History Month and March 8 is International Women’s Day. Both present a great opportunity to celebrate and learn more about the accomplishments of women.

Here are a few tweets we spotted from airports and museums. Our favorite places.

Our terminal is lit purple for #InternationalWomensDay. 💜 pic.twitter.com/E4dyWn4gN9
— Long Beach Airport (@LGBAirport) March 9, 2021

Katherine Cheung became the first Asian American woman pilot in the United States in 1932. #InternationalWomensDay #airporttwitter #CVGnext https://t.co/S5xZrjQ4XS pic.twitter.com/SOaXBbbaZ1
— CVG Airport (@CVGairport) March 8, 2021

Katharine Wright, the sister of the Wright brothers. She provided financial/moral support for her brothers, & is cited by them to be their greatest inspiration. She flew along during many flight demonstrations. #InternationalWomensDay #airportwitter https://t.co/KR0G9vhdt9 pic.twitter.com/94aPRIhV81
— CVG Airport (@CVGairport) March 8, 2021

On this day in 1910, Raymonde de Laroche of France 🇫🇷 became the first woman to earn a pilot’s license: https://t.co/tqbqTTM7jW #IWD #WomensHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/XJ8O0jaeTz
— National Air and Space Museum (@airandspace) March 8, 2021

On Aug. 1, 1911, Harriet Quimby became the first woman to earn a pilot’s license in the United States. She followed in 1912 to become the first woman to fly across the English Channel. #InternationalWomensDay pic.twitter.com/0DO1UT3Rv4
— CLT Airport (@CLTAirport) March 8, 2021

Our monuments will be lit purple for International Women’s Day 💜 pic.twitter.com/XQngrpZesF
— Houston Bush Airport (@iah) March 9, 2021

In honor of International Women’s Day, SAN proudly celebrates women in aviation such as the late San Diegan Fran Bera. Accomplished life-long pilot, Bera won dozens of air races and for 31 years held the NAA record for highest altitude attained in a twin-engine. #IWD2021 pic.twitter.com/hghFLP3UbB
— San Diego Airport (@SanDiegoAirport) March 8, 2021

Women's contributions to aviation are countless. The next time you're at LAS, take a moment to explore our exhibit on women in aviation in Las Vegas. Located in the museum above Baggage Claim in Terminal 1. 👩‍✈️✈️#InternationalWomensDay pic.twitter.com/E0ywRuq1tf
— McCarran Airport (@LASairport) March 9, 2021

Happy #InternationalWomensDay! Adventure lovers, gear up for a spin through our newest photography exhibition, Early Women Motorcyclists, which is on view post-security in Terminal 3: https://t.co/wQpJEn2ky5 pic.twitter.com/l326MQ0C6X
— SFO Museum (@SFOMuseum) March 9, 2021

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