Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman (Jan 26, 1892–April 30, 1926) an American civil aviator, was the first female pilot of African American descent and the first person of African American descent to hold an international pilot license.
Stagecoach” Mary Fields (c. 1832-1914) was born a slave in Tennessee and following the Civil War, she moved to the pioneer community of Cascade, Montana. In 1895, when she was around 60 years old, Fields became the second woman and first African American carrier for the US Postal Service. Despite her age, she never missed a day of work in the ten years she carried the mail and earned the nickname “Stagecoach” for her reliability.