[NEWSPAPERS]. [FEMALE AVIATORS]. Group of 17 Newspapers About Early Female Aviators. [V.p., ca. 1837-1953]. Multi-page newspapers with headline stories about female aviators. Sizes generally 23 x 17".

Generally worn, toned, creased, a few issues appear to have been removed from bound volumes, a few with labeks, some with library inkstamps. Generally very good. Newspapers include: New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette (October 2, 1837 - story about a female balloonist); The Des Moines Register (June 19, 1928 - Mabel Boll was beaten by Earhart for a solo transatlantic flight); Baltimore American (October 12, 1927 - Ruth Elder flies to Paris in her underwear); Portland Daily Press (October 28, 1909 - Woman rides in aeroplane with Wilbur Wright); The Citizen-Advertiser (May 19, 1953 - Jacqueline Cochran is the first woman to break the Sound Barrier); The Topeka State Journal (August 26, 1929 - Louise McPhetridge Thaden wins a woman's air derby); Virginian-Pilot (January 3, 1929 - Bobbie Trout beats Viola Gentry for the Woman's Endurance Crown); Des Moines Sunday Register (September 4, 1938 - Jacqueline Cochran wins the Bendix air race, beating 10 men); Los Angeles Examiner (March 9, 1915 - Tiny Broadwick tests an early parachute designed by her father); The Pittsburg Dispatch (June 6, 1921 - the death of Laura Bromwell, who died in an exhibition); New York Tribune (May 26, 1912 - profile of Harriet Quimby); Evening Herald (December 11, 1917 - Katherine Stinson is attempting a cross-country flight); Santa Fe New Mexican (November 24, 1916 - Ruth Law breaks a record for a flight between Chicago and New York); The New York Herald (October 19, 1911 - on p. 2 - Mathilde Moisant breaking a law against flying her own plane); Los Angeles Express (August 20, 1908 - Mrs. Henry Farman wants to fly in a new airplane); Baltimore American (October 14, 1927 - Ruth Elder rescued at sea after her plane crashes and burns); Evening Herald (October 13, 1927 - another story about Elder's rescue).