june august known aviator country female pilot artist toy designer time children author grew estonia russia subsequently moved china escape russian civil war worked briefly interpreter military officials china settling paris study art qualified pilot germany female pilot american joined took cause encouraging women aviation wrote illustrated children book flying published settling united_states founded toy manufacturing business new_york forced close business poor health living 1950s selling patents toy designs larger businesses later decades created artworks leather exhibited united_states died florida early life born june village parish child née died young girl attended girls secondary school teenager moved russia live aunt saint_petersburg witnessed events sparked february revolution spent night police detention eyewitness failed attempt flee outset revolution time witnessed men shot waiting line buy train tickets country aunt moved married russian general son lived years time numerous escape efforts new family able successfully flee china refuge chose ties year arriving china son died husband disappeared able support working interpreter spoke russian german english chinese british general employed later son decided return estonia traveled indonesia italy france eventually arriving soon settled paris studied art oil painting russian painter married german austrian descent aviation career took flying late 1920s met dutch aviator asked teach fly plane completed hours flying breaking arm accident winter took pilot test germany august passed qualified female pilot estonia seventh woman pass exam germany soon receiving license german mechanic piloted small plane berlin eastern_europe stopping finally landing august arrival greeted crowd journalists officers briefly visited relatives beginning return journey amsterdam traveled france new_york steamship intention flying europe atlantic_ocean time woman solo flight befriended american aviation pioneer unbeknownst planning similar feat successful flight canada ireland decided worthwhile attempt flying atlantic longer woman continued encourage women enter field aviation member international organisation women pilots founded female august planned fly los_angeles athens celebrate city hosting summer olympics flight canceled soon reported remarried american published edition children book wrote illustrated teach children flying story followed young planes happy wings reprint included foreword embarked flight days writing piece disappeared flying later said disappearance miss heard disappeared fell apart visited new york world fair promote television speak art design career outbreak world war dissolution marriage began new business venture american toy market designed doll named thrown air fall slowly dolls produced new_york factory forced work sustain business health deteriorated profits business spent entirely medical costs forced close factory recovered living selling patents toy designs larger businesses successful designs toy dolls blank faces individually decorated children inspired doll heads left closure factory 1960s living florida began creating leather artworks sold neighbours living created dimensional paintings small pieces coloured leather imported france 1970s showcased art exhibitions united_states sold works high profile customers including death died august aged florida lived facility married times surviving family time death published florida newspaper language newspaper published new_york
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