Agnes Firth in a Caudron Airplane, 1911-1912
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Agnes Firth of Cambridge, Massachusetts, learned to fly at the Sloane School of Aviation in Mineola, New York. Firth was quoted in the February 1913 issue of Aerial Age: "I know of no reason why women shouldn't fly if they wish to. We are just as clever as the men, and sometimes we beat them at their own game."
Agnes Firth of Cambridge, Massachusetts, learned to fly at the Sloane School of Aviation in Mineola, New York. Firth was quoted in the February 1913 issue of Aerial Age: "I know of no reason why women shouldn't fly if they wish to. We are just as clever as the men, and sometimes we beat them at their own game."
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1911-1912
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1629.10
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.875 in
Width: 4.875 in
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