From Typewriter to Takeoff: The Life of Journalist and Aviatrix Harriet Quimby

Before Amelia Earhart, there was Harriet Quimby-the daring journalist turned aviatrix who conquered the skies.

Harriet Quimby was once one of the best-known women of the early twentieth century. An international celebrity, she achieved many firsts during her life-the first New York journalist to capture the world with a camera; an early woman driver capable of serving as mechanic for her 1905 Cadillac Runabout; one of the first silent-film actresses, who authored screenplays for director D.W...