Harriet Quimby was born on May 11, 1875 in Arcadia, MI. Aviator who was the first American woman to gain a pilot's license and the first woman to fly over the English Channel.
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About
Aviator who was the first American woman to gain a pilot's license and the first woman to fly over the English Channel.
Before Fame
She worked as a Journalist in San Francisco and a theatre critic in New York City before earning her pilot's license in 1911.
Trivia
She wrote seven screenplays that were made into silent films.
Family Life
She was the daughter of Ursula and william Quimby. She died in an aviation accident in 1912 at age thirty-seven.
Associated With
She and Amelia Earhart were fellow female aviators.
