May 11- Harriet Quimby born

Occurring today in women's history in:

1875 - Harriet Quimby was born. She is known for being the first woman licensed as a pilot in the United States and was the first woman to fly solo across the English Channel. Here�s more of her biography.

Source: http://www.harrietquimby.org/


Harriet Quimby


Quimby in her Bleriot XI plane in 1912


1896 - Mari Sandoz was born. Mari Sandoz is remembered today as a regional historian, biographer, novelist, teacher of creative writing, and authority on the Plains Indians. Her Great Plains series stands as her central achievement because of its singular interpretation of the High Plains region from the Stone Age period to the twentieth century.   For more on Sandoz, see:

Source: http://members.aol.com/dlbristow/sandoz.htm


Mari Sandoz