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Only about 1% of the person-records here are women. | Only about 1% of the person-records here are women. | ||
Evidence gathered on en.wp suggests this under-represents them.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_women_in_aviation</ref><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_aviation]</ref><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Birds_of_Aviation]</ref><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_firsts_in_aviation]</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_women_aviators</ref> | Evidence gathered on en.wp suggests this under-represents them.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_women_in_aviation</ref><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_aviation]</ref><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Birds_of_Aviation]</ref><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_firsts_in_aviation]</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_women_aviators</ref> | ||
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* [[Tannehill, 1908, First ascension by a woman in Canton]] -- not sure who this is, possibly Gladys M. Tannehill, but we think she's the AUTHOR not the aeronaut | * [[Tannehill, 1908, First ascension by a woman in Canton]] -- not sure who this is, possibly Gladys M. Tannehill, but we think she's the AUTHOR not the aeronaut | ||
| − | * | + | First issue of ''[[Aviation]]'' (March 1910) lists six "Prominent American Women who are Interested in the Science of Aviation"<ref>p. [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hx3sgb&seq=27 21].</ref> |
| − | * | + | * Mrs. Hugo C. Gibson of New York |
| + | * Mrs. J. Herbert Sinclair of New York | ||
| + | * Mrs. G. W. Crossman of New York | ||
| + | * Miss [[Mary E. Clement]] of Philadelphia | ||
| + | * Mrs. Nicholas Longworth of Washington DC | ||
| + | * Miss [[Katherine Wright]] of Dayton | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:03, 2 November 2023
- See Category:Female
Only about 1% of the person-records here are women. Evidence gathered on en.wp suggests this under-represents them.[1][2][3][4][5] Many sources and articles referred to on this site describe women in aviation; just search
- Belén Quezada -- originally from Costa Rica, and filed a 1911 aeroplane patent from San Jose, Calif
- Patent GB-1903-23380 - Louise Long, inventor
- Mmme Garnerin -- early aeronaut, before 1800
- Tannehill, 1908, First ascension by a woman in Canton -- not sure who this is, possibly Gladys M. Tannehill, but we think she's the AUTHOR not the aeronaut
First issue of Aviation (March 1910) lists six "Prominent American Women who are Interested in the Science of Aviation"[6]
- Mrs. Hugo C. Gibson of New York
- Mrs. J. Herbert Sinclair of New York
- Mrs. G. W. Crossman of New York
- Miss Mary E. Clement of Philadelphia
- Mrs. Nicholas Longworth of Washington DC
- Miss Katherine Wright of Dayton
