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01/08/1911 Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to earn aviator's certificate

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Harriet Quimby | Women Who Dare | Exhibit at OHTM

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This week in history: What do you know about Harriet Quimby?

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BBC Report - 'Across the Channel: Women Unifying Nations' Event - March 10, 2012

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Harriet Quimby 1912 Plane Crash

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Harriet Quimby

Harriet Quimby was an early American aviator and a movie screenwriter. In 1911, she was awarded a U.S. pilot's certificate by the Aero Club of America, becoming the first woman to gain a pilot's license in the United States. In 1912, she became the first woman to fly across the English Channel.