Directory of Quimby, Harriet Resources

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This category lists pages and sites about Harriet Quimby (May 11, 1875 - July 1, 1912) who was the first major female pilot in the United States. In 1911, she earned the first US pilot's certificate issued to a woman by the Aero Club of America, and less than a year later flew across the English Channel, the first woman to do so. Although Quimby lived only to age 37, she had a major impact on women's roles in aviation.

All sites listed here are suitable for children and teens to read and use for enjoyment and/or for schoolwork.

Resources in This Category

• Aeronautics - Harriet Quimby

  http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/quimby.htm
  Biography provided by the Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for Science, Technology, and Research.

• Harriet Quimby

  http://www.harrietquimby.org/
  Photographs and information on past events and conferences.

• NAHF: Harriet Quimby

  http://www.nationalaviation.org/quimby-harriet/
  Biography provided by the National Aviation Hall of Fame.

• PBS: Harriet Quimby (1875 - 1912)

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/flygirls/peopleevents/pandeAMEX05.html
  Biography of the first American woman to became a licensed pilot.

• Wikipedia - Harriet Quimby

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Quimby
  Brief encyclopedia article covering the aviator's early life through her death in 1912.

 

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