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Marjorie Stinson (1895–1975) was inspired to learn to fly by her sister Katherine Stinson (1891–1977). Trained at the Wright School in 1914 at the age of eighteen, she became the ninth woman in the United States to earn a pilot’s license. In 1915, Marjorie was the only woman flying in the U.S. Aviation Reserve Corps. She also trained cadets from the Royal Canadian Flying Corps for service in World War I and earned the nickname “The Flying Schoolmarm.” She was credited with training over one hundred pilots during the war. “First Flights: Early Women Aviators and their Aircraft” is on display post-security in Terminal 3, and online at: https://bit.ly/3wzDwfL This image was posted on July 26, 2022.