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1897-1937
Early Years
"It was a thing of rusty wire and wood and not at all
interesting..."
In 1917 she decided to train as a nurses aid in Toronto and
served as a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse at a military
hospital.
The Boston Globe called her "one of the best women pilots in
the United States".
On April 27, 1926 her life was to change forever...a
phone call from Captain H.H. Railey asked.."how would
you like to be the first woman to fly across the Atlantic?“