Julia Clark
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Julia Clark (1880-1912) was the third woman to receive a pilot's license from the Aero Club of America and the first to die in an air crash.
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- New York Times; May 22, 1932 "512 Women Pilots In United States; They Have Taken Active Part In Development Of Aviation In Last Few Years. Hold Six Of Seven Records Other One Went To Mlle. Bastie Of France -- Mrs. Putnam Was First To Fly Atlantic. Women have been active in aviation almost from its beginning and while in the earlier stages of its development their participation in hazardous flights was usually as passengers, in the last three years they have vied with one another in setting record after record for speed, altitude and distance, and in piloting tiny planes to remote and dangerous corners of the world."
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