caption death_date death_place birth_place nationality birth_date known_for image article_title name
louise boyd in 1928 . 14 september 1972 san francisco , california san rafael , california american 16 september 1887 first woman to fly over the north pole . louise-boyd-1928-tromso . jpg louise arner boyd
 louise arner boyd
louise arner boyd

louise arner boyd -lrb- september 16 , 1887 -- september 14 , 1972 -rrb- was an american explorer of greenland and the arctic , who wrote extensively of her explorations , and in 1955 became the first woman to fly over the north pole privately chartering a dc-4 and crew that included aviation pioneer thor solberg .
