HARRIET QUIMBY Resources

HARRIET QUIMBY Collection of David Lam

 

ONLINE RESOURCES      If you search for "Harriet Quimby" using Google, you will find about 2,160 links! Perhaps the best place to start is: the NEW 2005 Harriet Quimby Home Page! By Giacinta Bradley Koontz P.O. Box 30338 Flagstaff, AZ 86003      This is perhaps the most comprehensive of all the websites which are devoted to Harriet Quimby. You will find a wealth of material on her life and career on this site, as well as news of past, current and future events. You can access the site by clicking on the title above.

 

Harriet Quimby: First Licensed U.S. Woman Pilot      This article on the History Net offers seven pages of the biography of Harriet, It is perhaps the most complete and comprehensive article on the net at this time. You can access it by clicking on the title above.

 

Converse College Harriet Quimby Learning to Fly      This article on the Converse College website displays six very important photographs, one of which you have seen on the "Gallery" page of this site. There is a brief description of each photo. You can access it by clicking on the title above.

 

HARRIET QUIMBY      This is one of a series of one-page biographies of important aviators which are found on the website of the ALLSTAR Network. This page, which is devoted to the life and career of Harriet Quimby, offers a comprehensive summary which will enable you to put information from the other resources in context. You can access it by clicking on the title above.

 

First Woman to Fly the English Channel, 1912      This story of Harriet Quimby is found on the www.ibis.com website and is one of a series devoted to significant events in the 20th Century. You will find a complete description of the event, illustrated with several photographs. This site was suggested to me by David Lam, to whom I am grateful. You can access the site by clicking on the title above.

HARRIET QUIMBY & MATILDE MOISSANT Collection of David Lam

THE FLYING COSTUME OF HARRIET QUIMBY From the forthcoming book "Birdwoman - The Incredible Life of Harriet Quimby" by Giacinta Bradley Koontz      This article, which is found on the Fabrics.net website, is a remarkable source of information on Harriet's life and exploits. It offers some fascinating stories, as well as many photographs of Harriet which are unique to this site. It is well worth a visit and suggests that we should await the publication of the book with much anticipation. You can access the site, which was also suggested to me by David Lam, by clicking on the title above.

 

RECOMMENDED READING      Probably the best book you can find which covers her life and career is: THE HARRIET QUIMBY SCRAPBOOK, The Life of America's first Birdwoman (1875-1912) By Giacinta Bradley Koontz        If you search for "Harriet Quimby" +books using Google, you will find about 9,320 links!!

 

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