Harriet Quimby: Flying Fair Lady

By Leslie Kerr

Book Overview

One of the first women to fly, the fashionable Harriet Quimby (1875-1912) came of age in the fading years of a gilded era, determined to have more than the life of a farmer's wife. Beautiful, intelligent, and forever seeking the next adventure when her life ended tragically at age thirty-seven, this extraordinary pioneer had accomplished what most--women or men--only dream about. Here is the remarkable story of Quimby's groundbreaking work in aviation, photojournalism, fashion design, script writing, and advertising. As a celebrity journalist in New York, she was also a mouthpiece for women, minorities, and social justice issues. "I think I shall do something someday," she once remarked. This recognition of her legacy is long overdue.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764350676
• ISBN13: 9780764350672
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.1"