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- Elinor Smith, New Woman's Endurance Flight Record Holder, 1929 - Elinor Smith took her first flight at age six and earned a pilot's license at 16. She made headlines flying under New York City bridges in 1928, but more serious pursuits earned Smith a series of endurance, speed, and altitude records for a female pilot. Smith piloted an airplane for the last time in 2001, at the age of 89.
- April 23, 1929
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Elinor Smith, New Woman's Endurance Flight Record Holder, 1929
Elinor Smith took her first flight at age six and earned a pilot's license at 16. She made headlines flying under New York City bridges in 1928, but more serious pursuits earned Smith a series of endurance, speed, and altitude records for a female pilot. Smith piloted an airplane for the last time in 2001, at the age of 89.
- Elinor Smith after Record-Breaking Women's Endurance Flight, 1929 - Elinor Smith took her first flight at age six and earned a pilot's license at 16. She made headlines flying under New York City bridges in 1928, but more serious pursuits earned Smith a series of endurance, speed, and altitude records for a female pilot. Smith piloted an airplane for the last time in 2001, at the age of 89.
- April 23, 1929
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Elinor Smith after Record-Breaking Women's Endurance Flight, 1929
Elinor Smith took her first flight at age six and earned a pilot's license at 16. She made headlines flying under New York City bridges in 1928, but more serious pursuits earned Smith a series of endurance, speed, and altitude records for a female pilot. Smith piloted an airplane for the last time in 2001, at the age of 89.
- Elinor Smith before the Woman's Endurance Flight at Roosevelt Field, 1929 - Elinor Smith took her first flight at age six and earned a pilot's license at 16. She made headlines flying under New York City bridges in 1928, but more serious pursuits earned Smith a series of endurance, speed, and altitude records for a female pilot. Smith piloted an airplane for the last time in 2001, at the age of 89.
- April 23, 1929
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Elinor Smith before the Woman's Endurance Flight at Roosevelt Field, 1929
Elinor Smith took her first flight at age six and earned a pilot's license at 16. She made headlines flying under New York City bridges in 1928, but more serious pursuits earned Smith a series of endurance, speed, and altitude records for a female pilot. Smith piloted an airplane for the last time in 2001, at the age of 89.
- Elinor Smith Takes Off from Roosevelt Field, 1929 - Elinor Smith took her first flight at age six and earned a pilot's license at 16. She made headlines flying under New York City bridges in 1928, but more serious pursuits earned Smith a series of endurance, speed, and altitude records for a female pilot. Smith piloted an airplane for the last time in 2001, at the age of 89.
- April 23, 1929
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Elinor Smith Takes Off from Roosevelt Field, 1929
Elinor Smith took her first flight at age six and earned a pilot's license at 16. She made headlines flying under New York City bridges in 1928, but more serious pursuits earned Smith a series of endurance, speed, and altitude records for a female pilot. Smith piloted an airplane for the last time in 2001, at the age of 89.
- Elinor Smith and L. P. Stone before the Woman's Endurance Flight at Roosevelt Field, 1929 - Elinor Smith took her first flight at age six and earned a pilot's license at 16. She made headlines flying under New York City bridges in 1928, but more serious pursuits earned Smith a series of endurance, speed, and altitude records for a female pilot. Smith piloted an airplane for the last time in 2001, at the age of 89.
- April 23, 1929
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Elinor Smith and L. P. Stone before the Woman's Endurance Flight at Roosevelt Field, 1929
Elinor Smith took her first flight at age six and earned a pilot's license at 16. She made headlines flying under New York City bridges in 1928, but more serious pursuits earned Smith a series of endurance, speed, and altitude records for a female pilot. Smith piloted an airplane for the last time in 2001, at the age of 89.
- Elinor Smith during her Record Woman's Endurance Flight, 1929 - Amelia Earhart may have been better known by the public, but fellow aviators voted Elinor Smith "Best Female Pilot" in 1930. Smith, who set a series of endurance, speed, and altitude records for a female pilot, was not without fame. In 1934 she became the first woman to appear on a Wheaties box. The press dubbed her the "Flying Flapper."
- April 23, 1929
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Elinor Smith during her Record Woman's Endurance Flight, 1929
Amelia Earhart may have been better known by the public, but fellow aviators voted Elinor Smith "Best Female Pilot" in 1930. Smith, who set a series of endurance, speed, and altitude records for a female pilot, was not without fame. In 1934 she became the first woman to appear on a Wheaties box. The press dubbed her the "Flying Flapper."
- "Women and the 'Air Sense,'" 1933 - This booklet, written by Irish pilot Mary, Lady Heath, profiles some of the leading women in aviation through 1933. Those featured include Katharine Wright, Harriet Quimby, Katherine Stinson, Ruth Law, Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie, Elinor Smith, Maryse Bastie, and Amelia Earhart, among others. Each of these women made important contributions to flight during the airplane's first three decades.
- 1933
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"Women and the 'Air Sense,'" 1933
This booklet, written by Irish pilot Mary, Lady Heath, profiles some of the leading women in aviation through 1933. Those featured include Katharine Wright, Harriet Quimby, Katherine Stinson, Ruth Law, Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie, Elinor Smith, Maryse Bastie, and Amelia Earhart, among others. Each of these women made important contributions to flight during the airplane's first three decades.
- Pioneering Female Aviators -
- September 26, 2016
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Pioneering Female Aviators
- Fred Smith, March 1939 - Fred Smith became superintendent of the Edison Institute museum -- today's Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation -- about 1934. Despite Smith's title, ultimate authority for the museum's collections and exhibits remained with Henry Ford. Smith took greater control as Ford's health declined in the mid-1940s. Smith retired from the Edison Institute in 1949.
- March 22, 1939
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Fred Smith, March 1939
Fred Smith became superintendent of the Edison Institute museum -- today's Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation -- about 1934. Despite Smith's title, ultimate authority for the museum's collections and exhibits remained with Henry Ford. Smith took greater control as Ford's health declined in the mid-1940s. Smith retired from the Edison Institute in 1949.
- Advertising Poster, "The Ark Welcomes Patti Smith," April 4, 1995 - Patti Smith was one of the pioneers of hard-edged punk rock in the 1970s. In 1995, when she performed this concert, Smith was reentering the music scene after the unexpected death of her husband, MC5 guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith. Patti Smith was on the cusp of artistic rebirth-fueled by her ability to reshape her music to speak to new generations.
- April 08, 1995
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Advertising Poster, "The Ark Welcomes Patti Smith," April 4, 1995
Patti Smith was one of the pioneers of hard-edged punk rock in the 1970s. In 1995, when she performed this concert, Smith was reentering the music scene after the unexpected death of her husband, MC5 guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith. Patti Smith was on the cusp of artistic rebirth-fueled by her ability to reshape her music to speak to new generations.