A pilot’s licence and film creditsSourced
Quimby worked across aviation, journalism and film
Harriet Quimby obtained a US pilot’s licence in 1911 and also wrote films directed by D. W. Griffith that year. She continued journalism while touring with airshows. The pioneering pilot had work on screens and pages as well as in aircraft.
A single remembered occupation does not describe her entire working life.
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