Interesting fast

- became a pilot in 1920
- went to a 1- room school where she was limited to 8 grades
- caretaker of her 2 little sisters, in 1901 when her dad left his family and her mother and 2 brothers went to work
- traveled to Europe to gain more experience in the air June 15,1921
- on her way to her first scheduled West Coast air show she crashed a small plane she had purchased