Bernice Gertrude Blake Perry

Bernice Blake Perry (March 2, 1905 – July 10, 1996) was an American pilot and photographer. She was the first woman to earn a pilot's license in New Hampshire and the first female commercial pilot in New England. When she earned her license in 1929 she was one of only 117 female American pilots and was a charter member of the international female pilots' organization the Ninety-Nines.

Career She formed a photography and aerial photography business with her husband and took photos for organization such as the MacDowell Colony and the Cathedral of the Pines. She also did work for various news organization, including the New Hampshire newspaper The Cabinet. Upon her death in 1996, Perry left $4.5 million in scholarships for students in Milford, Lyndeborough and Wilton and donated over 43,000 photo negatives she had taken to the Milford Historical Society.

Personal life Her father owned Blake's Creamery in Manchester, New Hampshire, and she met her husband, Winthrop Perry, at the airport.