Childhood home of Harriet Quimby, first woman of flight. Arcadia, Michigan.
Born in Arcadia, Michigan in 1875, she became (in 1910) the first woman to earn a pilot's license. Afterward she was a headliner in air shows and races across the world. In early 1912, she was the first woman to fly across the English Channel.
She also was a screenwriter for quite a few of D. W. Griffith's early short films.
She died later in 1912 in an air accident at an air show in Boston, MA.
Childhood home of Harriet Quimby, first woman of flight. Arcadia, Michigan.
Born in Arcadia, Michigan in 1875, she became (in 1910) the first woman to earn a pilot's license. Afterward she was a headliner in air shows and races across the world. In early 1912, she was the first woman to fly across the English Channel.
She also was a screenwriter for quite a few of D. W. Griffith's early short films.
She died later in 1912 in an air accident at an air show in Boston, MA.