Career
She was the first woman in South America to earn a commercial pilot"s license, in 1937. In 1937, Billinghurst became the first woman in South America to earn a commercial pilot"s license. In 1940, she piloted an amphibious Sikorsky South-43 in a 4,000-mile trip from Panama to Argentina.
During the 1943 Revolution Day in Argentina, she entered the presidential house with a symbolic bouquet, getting from the new president a historical engagement in favour of women"s rights, particularly in the aviation field
In November 1943, she made a flight to Uruguay with two other aviators, officially representing the Argentine government.