and twenty-two, including Hornsby, engaged in a hunger strike. On November 27, she was released along with the twenty-one other hunger-strikers, before the completion of her thirty-day sentence. Around this time, she became interested in women's labor conditions. During the summer of 1919 she worked for the Woman's Land Army of America as a chauffeur for some "farmerettes" in Cold Spring Harbor. She was reportedly amused when the Army's office in Manhattan asked her "if she could drive a 'car.'" In the same interview, she expressed her intention to return to medical school in the fall in order to complete her degree. Richberg-Hornsby ultimately returned to Chicago, where she died of heart failure on August 25, 1939. In popular culture Richberg-Hornsby is the subject of a one-act opera titled "Aleda or the Flight of the Suff Bird Women," celebrating her attempt to "bomb" President Wilson's yacht. The opera was commissioned by the Musicians of Ma'alwyck, a chamber music group based in upstate New York. The music and libretto were written by composer Max Caplan, who attended nearby Union College. The opera opened on June 8, 2018 in Glenville, New York. Notes External links Leda Richberg-Hornsby, newspaper clipping(Carroll Gray aeronautical collection) American women aviators 1886 births 1939 deaths People from Chicago Wright Flying School alumni