Gladys Kathleen Parkin ( September 27 , 1901 &ndash; August 3 , 1990 ) was one of the earliest and youngest women to obtain a first-class government-issued radio license . Parkin was born in Bolinas , California , at the Flagstaff Hotel owned by her parents , John Parkin and Hannah Marie Bennett Parkin . The family relocated to San Rafael , California before the 1906 San Francisco earthquake destroyed the property
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Gladys Kathleen Parkin