Valentina Tereshkova becomes the world's first woman to fly in space.[36] Betty Miller is the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean.[116] Anne Spoerry, French doctor living in Kenya became the first female member of the African Medical and Research Foundation's "Flying Doctors".[117] April 17: Eight stewardesses from the flight attendant union speak out against the policy of retiring stewardesses at age 32 during a press conference.[102]