Eva Dickson, Baroness Blixen-Finecke | |
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Born | Eva Lindström 8 March 1905 Steninge Slott, Sigtuna, Sweden |
Died | March 1938 Baghdad, Iraq |
Nationality | Swedish |
Known for | First woman to cross the Sahara desert by car |
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Eva Dickson (born Eva Lindström; 8 March 1905 – March 1938) was a Swedish explorer, rally driver, aviator and travel writer. She was the first woman to have crossed the Sahara desert by car. She was perhaps the first female rally driver in Sweden (1925), and the third Swedish female aviator (1923).