"Our first innovator in that women's space is Lilian," she said. Bland stood out as an unconventional woman at the time, to say the least. Born in 1878 in Kent, her family moved to Carnmoney - her ...

Lilian Bland, who was born in Kent, England in 1878, was known as “the flying feminist.” In 1900, after the death of her mother, Bland and her father moved back to his homeplace of Carnmoney ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Lilian Bland definitely stood out from the crowd in the early part of the 20th Century. She was born in Kent in 1878 ...

The seven storms named by Met Eireann for the current season include Lilian, named after Lilian Bland, the first woman in Ireland to build and fly her own aircraft and, according to widespread ...

Storm Lilian is named after Anglo-Irish journalist and pioneering aviator Lilian Bland, who was the first woman in Ireland to build and fly an aircraft, according to Met Eireann. The Met Office ...