Cheridah de Beauvoir Stocks

Cheridah de Beauvoir Stocks
aviator
Born(1887-11-06)6 November 1887
Westcombe, Somerset, England
Died1 May 1971(1971-05-01) (aged 83)
Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
NationalityBritish
Other namesCheridah Annie Ernst
Known forPioneer women aviator

Cheridah de Beauvoir Stocks (1887–1971) was the second British woman to gain a Royal Aero Club aviator's licence, in 1911. She was partially paralysed following an aviation accident in 1913.

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