Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "American Female Pilots" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
aeroplanes, airplanes, aviatrices, bird women, Blanche Scott, flying machines, Katherine Stinson (Catherine), lady birds, Laura Bromwell, Mathilde Moisant (also spelt Mathilda and Moissant), Ruth Law.
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"In Little Old New York"
The Tacoma Times (Tacoma, WA), July 24, 1911, Page 4, Image 4, col. 5.
"Mere Earthbeings Marvel at Miss Moissant's Flight"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), October 17, 1911, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Women Aviators Who Will Fly in Mexico and Their Escort"
The Evening World (New York, NY), November 1, 1911, Final Edition, Page 4, Image 4, col. 2.
"Mathilda Moisant, Sister of Dead Aviator, Makes Her Farewell Flight"
The Pensacola Journal (Pensacola, FL), April 21, 1912, Section Two, Page 24, Image 24, col. 2.
"Aerial Adventures Constantly Finding New Uses, Both Practical and Spectacular, for Flying Machine"
The Sun (New York, NY), December 1, 1912, Fourth Section Pictorial Magazine, Page 14, Image 44, col. 1.
"Woman Crosses Country in Auto"
The Salt Lake Herald-Republican (Salt Lake City, UT), May 29, 1910, Sports, Auto, Mines, Markets, Page 5, Image 22, col. 1.
"Lady Aviators' Spirit Goes "Up in the Air"
The Day Book (Chicago, IL), January 19, 1912, Image 32, col. 1.
"Doff Your Bonnet to the Bird-Ladies"
The Tacoma Times (Tacoma, WA), January 31, 1912, Page 7, Image 7, col. 2.
"Nerviest Woman in the Business! That's What Birdmen Call Miss Blanche Scott"
The Daily Telegram (Clarksburg, WV), February 28, 1912, Page 1, Image 1, col. 2.
"Blanche Stuart Scott"
The River Press (Fort Benton, MT), October 23, 1912, Page 7, Image 7, col. 2.
"First Woman To Drive Aeroplane Cross Country In New World"
The Cairo Bulletin (Cairo, IL), July 26, 1911, page 3, Image 3, col. 2.
"Ruth Law: Lawless Skimmer of the Sky"
Mt. Sterling Advocate (Mt. Sterling, KY), September 1, 1915, Page 7, Image 7, col. 2.
"Girl Aviator is Fair Attraction"
Bismarck Daily Tribune (Bismarck, ND), July 15, 1916, Page 3, Image 3, col. 2.
"Ruth Law Ends Her Flight Here"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), November 21, 1916, Page 7, Image 7, col. 4.
"Miss Law Will Try to Soar Across Continent"
The Broad Ax (Salt Lake City, UT), January 6, 1917, Page 6, Image 6, col. 2.
"Ruth Law Flies Up the Avenue 90-Miles an Hour"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), April 26, 1918, Final Edition, Page 2, Image 2, col. 4.
"Aviatrices Will Race for Title of Universe"
The Washington Herald (Washington, DC), May 21, 1918, Page 10, Image 10.
"She's a High Flyer"
The Sunday Telegram (Clarksburg, WV), June 13, 1915, Image 23, col. 1.
"Majorie Stinson. The Youngest Woman Aeroplane Pilot"
The Sun (New York, NY), July 18, 1915, Fifth Section Special Feature Magazine, Page 4, Image 45, col. 3.
"Bird Woman Says Flying is Like Riding in a Car"
The Bemidji Daily Pioneer (Bemidji, MN), September 17, 1915, Page 1, Image 1, col. 4.
"Texas Woman in Air Flight Over Long Route"
Bisbee Daily Review (Bizbee AZ, December 12, 1917, Page 3, Image 3, col 1.
"Girl Who Made Orient Gasp is to Fly in Topeka"
The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, KS), June 23, 1917, Home Edition, Page 4, Image 4, col. 4.
"Katherine Stinson Bird Girl Supreme"
The Bridgeport Times and Evening Farmer (Bridgeport, CT), August 9, 1918, Second Section, Image 17, col. 1.

American Female Pilots: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America