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...