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Alviine-Johanna Kalep (26 June 1899 – 15 August 1989), known as Elvy Kalep, was an Estonian aviator and the country's first female pilot, as well as an artist, toy designer and a one-time children's author. After settling in the United States, Kalep founded a toy manufacturing business in New York. Although she was forced to close the business in 1946 due to her poor health, she made a living through the 1950s by selling patents to toy designs to larger businesses. In later decades, she created artworks out of leather, which she exhibited across the United States. She died in Florida in 1989.

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  • Alviine-Johanna Kalep (26 June 1899 – 15 August 1989), known as Elvy Kalep, was an Estonian aviator and the country's first female pilot, as well as an artist, toy designer and a one-time children's author. Kalep grew up in Estonia and Russia, and subsequently moved to China to escape the Russian Civil War. She worked briefly as an interpreter for military officials in China before settling in Paris to study art with Alexandre Jacovleff. In 1931, she qualified as a pilot in Germany, becoming the first Estonian female pilot. Befriending American aviator Amelia Earhart, she joined the Ninety-Nines and took up the cause of encouraging other women to take up aviation. She wrote and illustrated a children's book about flying, Air Babies, which was first published in 1936. After settling in the United States, Kalep founded a toy manufacturing business in New York. Although she was forced to close the business in 1946 due to her poor health, she made a living through the 1950s by selling patents to toy designs to larger businesses. In later decades, she created artworks out of leather, which she exhibited across the United States. She died in Florida in 1989. (en)
  • Alviine-Johanna Kalep, connue sous le nom d’Elvy Kalep (26 juin 1899 - 15 août 1989), est une aviatrice estonienne et la première femme pilote du pays, ainsi qu'une artiste, une conceptrice de jouets et une écrivaine pour enfants. Elle grandit en Estonie et dans l'Empire russe, puis s'installe en Chine, pour échapper à la guerre civile russe. Elle travaille brièvement comme interprète, pour des responsables militaires en Chine, avant de s'installer à Paris, pour étudier l'art avec le peintre Alexandre Jacovleff. En 1931, elle se qualifie comme pilote en Allemagne, devenant ainsi la première femme pilote estonienne. Elle se lie d'amitié avec l'aviatrice américaine Amelia Earhart et rejoint l'organisation des Ninety-Nines pour encourager d'autres femmes à se lancer dans l'aviation. Elle écrit et illustre un livre pour enfants sur l'aviation, Air Babies, qui est publié pour la première fois, en 1936. Après s'être installée aux États-Unis, Elvy Kalep fonde une entreprise de fabrication de jouets à New York. Bien qu'elle ait été contrainte de fermer l'entreprise en 1946, en raison de sa mauvaise santé, elle gagne sa vie, dans les années 1950, en vendant des brevets de conception de jouets à des entreprises plus importantes. Au cours des décennies suivantes, elle créé des œuvres d'art en cuir qu'elle expose dans tous les États-Unis. Elle meurt, à Lake Worth, en Floride, en 1989. (fr)
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  • Elvy Kalep in 1930 (en)
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  • Alviine-Johanna Kalep (26 June 1899 – 15 August 1989), known as Elvy Kalep, was an Estonian aviator and the country's first female pilot, as well as an artist, toy designer and a one-time children's author. After settling in the United States, Kalep founded a toy manufacturing business in New York. Although she was forced to close the business in 1946 due to her poor health, she made a living through the 1950s by selling patents to toy designs to larger businesses. In later decades, she created artworks out of leather, which she exhibited across the United States. She died in Florida in 1989. (en)
  • Alviine-Johanna Kalep, connue sous le nom d’Elvy Kalep (26 juin 1899 - 15 août 1989), est une aviatrice estonienne et la première femme pilote du pays, ainsi qu'une artiste, une conceptrice de jouets et une écrivaine pour enfants. Elle écrit et illustre un livre pour enfants sur l'aviation, Air Babies, qui est publié pour la première fois, en 1936. (fr)
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