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- Pioneering Female Aviators -
- September 26, 2016
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Pioneering Female Aviators
- 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."
- The 1929 Women’s “Powder Puff” Air Derby - The 1929 Women’s “Powder Puff” Air Derby was the first air race in which women aviators — including Louise Thaden, Amelia Earhart, Ruth Elder, Mary Von Mach, and Ruth Nichols — were allowed to participate.
- September 19, 2016
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The 1929 Women’s “Powder Puff” Air Derby
The 1929 Women’s “Powder Puff” Air Derby was the first air race in which women aviators — including Louise Thaden, Amelia Earhart, Ruth Elder, Mary Von Mach, and Ruth Nichols — were allowed to participate.
- Flight Instructors Barbara Kibbee, Robert Reno and Howard Pember, Civilian Pilot Training Program, November 21, 1939 - As the world descended toward war in the late 1930s, the United States government recognized a vital need for trained aviators. It established the Civilian Pilot Training Program in 1938. Ostensibly a peacetime initiative, CPTP in fact produced flyers ready for overseas combat or stateside support missions. Pilot Barbara Kibbee was the program's first female instructor.
- November 21, 1939
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Flight Instructors Barbara Kibbee, Robert Reno and Howard Pember, Civilian Pilot Training Program, November 21, 1939
As the world descended toward war in the late 1930s, the United States government recognized a vital need for trained aviators. It established the Civilian Pilot Training Program in 1938. Ostensibly a peacetime initiative, CPTP in fact produced flyers ready for overseas combat or stateside support missions. Pilot Barbara Kibbee was the program's first female instructor.
- First Meeting of the "Early Birds" Group of Aviation Pioneers, December 17, 1928 - The "Early Birds," a group of pilots who started flying in the first ten years after the airplane's invention, met in 1928 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Wright brothers' historic 1903 flight. Marjorie Stinson represented pioneering female aviators. Stinson flew in early exhibitions and, at her family's flying school, trained pilots for the Allied Powers during World War I.
- December 17, 1928
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First Meeting of the "Early Birds" Group of Aviation Pioneers, December 17, 1928
The "Early Birds," a group of pilots who started flying in the first ten years after the airplane's invention, met in 1928 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Wright brothers' historic 1903 flight. Marjorie Stinson represented pioneering female aviators. Stinson flew in early exhibitions and, at her family's flying school, trained pilots for the Allied Powers during World War I.
- Flight Instructors Glenn Brown, Barbara Kibbee, and Juan Basella, Civilian Pilot Training Program, July 13, 1939 - As the world descended toward war in the late 1930s, the United States government recognized a vital need for trained aviators. It established the Civilian Pilot Training Program in 1938. Ostensibly a peacetime initiative, CPTP in fact produced flyers ready for overseas combat or stateside support missions. Pilot Barbara Kibbee was the program's first female instructor.
- July 13, 1939
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Flight Instructors Glenn Brown, Barbara Kibbee, and Juan Basella, Civilian Pilot Training Program, July 13, 1939
As the world descended toward war in the late 1930s, the United States government recognized a vital need for trained aviators. It established the Civilian Pilot Training Program in 1938. Ostensibly a peacetime initiative, CPTP in fact produced flyers ready for overseas combat or stateside support missions. Pilot Barbara Kibbee was the program's first female instructor.
- #InnovationNation: Social Transformation - Take a look at some of our favorite segments from The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation highlighting social transformation, including the Rosa Parks bus, female aviators, and World War II B-24 bombers built at Ford's Willow Run plant.
- April 14, 2020
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#InnovationNation: Social Transformation
Take a look at some of our favorite segments from The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation highlighting social transformation, including the Rosa Parks bus, female aviators, and World War II B-24 bombers built at Ford's Willow Run plant.
- Female Opera Singer. circa 1875 - Photographer Fritz Luckhardt (1843-1894) was a meticulous craftsman in his vocation. The German-born photographer moved to Vienna, Austria, in 1865 and opened a studio two years later. He specialized in portrait photography, especially for celebrities and artists, establishing himself as the premier society photographer in the city.
- circa 1875
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Female Opera Singer. circa 1875
Photographer Fritz Luckhardt (1843-1894) was a meticulous craftsman in his vocation. The German-born photographer moved to Vienna, Austria, in 1865 and opened a studio two years later. He specialized in portrait photography, especially for celebrities and artists, establishing himself as the premier society photographer in the city.
- Drawing, "Hinge - Hood (Female)," Ford GP, December 5, 1940 - The Ford Motor Company created over a million parts drawings from 1903 to 1957. Many of these drawings specify engineering requirements for the components of Ford-made vehicles--including automobiles, trucks, tractors, military vehicles and Tri-motor airplanes. Others document assembly components, stages of casting and forging, or experimental designs. Beginning in the 1940s, Ford transferred the drawings to microfilm.
- December 05, 1940
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Drawing, "Hinge - Hood (Female)," Ford GP, December 5, 1940
The Ford Motor Company created over a million parts drawings from 1903 to 1957. Many of these drawings specify engineering requirements for the components of Ford-made vehicles--including automobiles, trucks, tractors, military vehicles and Tri-motor airplanes. Others document assembly components, stages of casting and forging, or experimental designs. Beginning in the 1940s, Ford transferred the drawings to microfilm.
- Drawing, "Hinge - Female Windshield," Ford GP, April 23, 1943 - The Ford Motor Company created over a million parts drawings from 1903 to 1957. Many of these drawings specify engineering requirements for the components of Ford-made vehicles--including automobiles, trucks, tractors, military vehicles and Tri-motor airplanes. Others document assembly components, stages of casting and forging, or experimental designs. Beginning in the 1940s, Ford transferred the drawings to microfilm.
- April 23, 1943
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Drawing, "Hinge - Female Windshield," Ford GP, April 23, 1943
The Ford Motor Company created over a million parts drawings from 1903 to 1957. Many of these drawings specify engineering requirements for the components of Ford-made vehicles--including automobiles, trucks, tractors, military vehicles and Tri-motor airplanes. Others document assembly components, stages of casting and forging, or experimental designs. Beginning in the 1940s, Ford transferred the drawings to microfilm.