#C128~Harriet Quimby~Issue of 1991~MNH Single~

~1st American Woman Pilot~

~Scott Catalog Value $5.50~

~Illustration Includes~Harriet Quimby~Bleriot Airplane~

Harriet Quimby (May 11, 1875 - July 1, 1912) was the first female to gain a pilot license in the United States. In 1911 she earned the first U.S. pilot's certificate issued to a woman by the Aero Club of America, and less than a year later became the first woman to fly across the English Channel. On August 1, 1911, Quimby took her pilot's test and became the first U.S. woman to earn a pilot's certificate. Matilde Moisant soon followed and became the nation's second certified female pilot. Although Quimby lived only to age 37, she had a major impact on women's roles in aviation. A historical marker has been erected near the remains of the farmhouse in Arcadia, Michigan where Quimby was born.

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