In the history of technology, Adrienne Bolland is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Adrienne Bolland as French aviator (1895-1975).
Adrienne Bolland was born at Arcueil in 1895. Her recorded nationality is France.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, national institutions, mass media and mass politics changed both the scale of a career and its risks.
Adrienne Bolland is described as aircraft pilot and writer.
The engineer's achievement usually disappears into infrastructure, which is the point.
Formal recognition came in the shape of the Officer of the Legion of Honour.
That the work was done from France matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Death came in 1975, at 80. By then the contribution had passed into the settled record.
Achievements
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Worked as aircraft pilot and writer
