Harriet Quimby
American aviator, screenwriter (1875-1912) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 37
Harriet Quimby was an American pioneering aviator, journalist, and film screenwriter. In 1911, she became the first woman in the United States to receive a pilot's license and in 1912 the first woman to fly solo across the English Channel.
Harriet Quimby is read about 112 times a day, in 35 languages.
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Charles West Harriet wrote The Blind Princess and the Poet (1911)
Wilfred Lucas Harriet wrote Fisher Folks and The Broken Cross
Florence La Badie Harriet wrote The Blind Princess and the Poet (1911)
W. Chrystie Miller Harriet wrote The Blind Princess and the Poet (1911)
Alfred Paget Harriet wrote The Blind Princess and the Poet (1911)
D. W. Griffith Directed Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909)
Mack Sennett Harriet wrote Fisher Folks (1911)
Blanche Sweet Harriet wrote The Blind Princess and the Poet (1911)
Claire McDowell Harriet wrote Fisher Folks and The Broken Cross
Linda Arvidson Harriet wrote Fisher Folks (1911)
George Nichols Harriet wrote The Broken Cross (1911)
Kate Bruce Also in Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909)
John T. Dillon Also in The Blind Princess and the Poet (1911)
Dell Henderson Harriet wrote The Broken Cross (1911)
Grace Henderson Harriet wrote The Blind Princess and the Poet (1911)
Media & music
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Photograph of Quimby in 1911 by Theodore C. Marceau
Vin Fiz soda 1912 postcard
La Vie au Grand Air cover (April 27, 1912) featuring aviator Harriet Quimby. She wears a silk flying suit and hooded hat tailored by O. Ström & Fils (Ström Paris) for her historic English Channel flight.
Quimby in her Blériot XI monoplane
A group of men, including Harriet Quimby's flight mechanic (right), examine her downed airplane. It glided on its own into Dorchester Bay (Boston Harbor) and flipped over in the mud. (Image source: WGBH/NOVA, Courtesy of Louis Blériot)
Compass rose cenotaph fountain dedicated to Quimby at Pierce Brothers Valhalla Cemetery in North HollywoodAwards
About this person
Although Quimby only flew for one year, and died at the age of 37 in a flying accident, she strongly influenced the role of women in aviation.
Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1875 to 1912 · aged 37
