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Harriet Quimby (May 11, 1875 – July 1, 1912) was an American pioneering aviator, journalist, and film screenwriter. In 1911, she became the first woman in the United States to receive a pilot's license and in 1912 the first woman to fly across the English Channel.
- May 11, 1875, Michigan, US
- July 1, 1912 (aged 37), Squantum, Massachusetts, US
Apr 24, 2024 · Harriet Quimby (born May 1, 1875?, probably Coldwater, Michigan, U.S.—died July 1, 1912, in flight over Dorchester Bay [part of Boston Bay], Massachusetts) was an American aviator, the first female pilot to fly across the English Channel.
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Mar 5, 2018 · Harriet Quimby invaded man's domain as the country's first licensed woman pilot and gained fame for her aerial feats, only to die prematurely in a puzzling air crash.
Harriet Quimby was a New York journalist with a mysterious background. She claimed to have had wealthy parents who put her through some of the best education in America. What's more...
Born May, 1875 to a poor farm family in Michigan. Became a reporter, photographer and literary and theatrical writer for Leslie’s Magazine, 1903-1912 while living in New York. Attended the Belmont Park Air Meet in October 1910 where she became enthralled with aviation and determined to learn to fly.
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Harriet Quimby. Pilot, Record Setter, & Promotor. Born: May 11, 1875 in Michigan. Death: July 1, 1912. Enshrined: 2004. Made a name for herself as one of California’s premiere newspaperwomen and traveled to Los Angeles to cover the first air meet ever held in the U.S..
Apr 20, 2014 · Harriet Quimby was the first American woman to get a pilot's license. It was 1910; women could not even vote, but Quimby wanted to see the world.
