Citations Bibliography Further reading New York Times; May 11, 1911; p. 6; "Woman in trousers daring aviator. Long Island Folk Discover That Miss Harriet Quimby Is Making Flights at Garden City. Garden City, Long Island; May 10, 1911. Rumors that there was a young woman aviator at the Moisant Aviation School here who made daily flights at 4:30 A.M. have brought many Garden City folk and townspeople from Hempstead and Mineola to the flying grounds here on several mornings. These early risers have seen a slender, youthful figure in aviation jacket and trousers of wool-backed satin, with ..." New York Times; Oct 09, 1911; p. 1; "Escapes sheriff in her aeroplane; Matilde Moisant Takes to the Air Before He Can Arrest Her. Matilde Moisant, who became America's most notable woman flier after seeing her brother, the late John B. Moisant, make his celebrated flight around the Statue of Liberty, narrowly missed being thrown into jail yesterday in Nassau County for going into the air in her monoplane on Sunday." Oakes, C. M.: United States Women in Aviation Through World War I; Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978. Rich, D. L.: The Magnificent Moisants – Champions of Early Flight; Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998. . External links Hargrave: Matilde Moisant Smithsonian: Matilde Moisant 1878 births 1964 deaths American aviation record holders American women aviation record holders American people of French-Canadian descent American women in World War I Aviators from Indiana Burials at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery Members of the Early Birds of Aviation People from Benton County, Indiana People from Greater Los Angeles