The Resume

(May 11, 1875-July 1, 1912)
Born in Arcadia, Michigan
First American woman to earn a pilot's license (August 1, 1911)
First woman to fly across the English Channel (April 16, 1912)
Died in an accident at the 3rd Annual Boston Aviation Meet
Nicknamed 'America's First Lady of the Air'

Why she might be annoying:

She wore a purple flying outfit to promote Vin Fiz grape soda.
Her crossing of the Channel was largely unnoticed due to coverage of the Titanic sinking.
Just before her last flight, she told reporters, 'I have no intention of coming down in the water. I'm a cat and I don't like the water.'
She was not wearing a seatbelt and when her plane pitched forward unexpectedly she was thrown from the cockpit, falling into Boston Bay.

Why she might not be annoying:

Before taking up flying, she was a successful reporter and theater critic for 'Leslie's Illustrated Weekly.'
She wrote seven screenplays that were made into short films by D.W. Griffith.
She encouraged women to follow the same pursuits as men.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 51]
• Dead Pilots Society
• I am on a U.S. Postage Stamp [M-Q]
• I Died in 1912 (Ranked: 37)
• I Died in My 30s (Ranked: 37)
• I Died While Flying
• I'm Buried at Kensico Cemetery [Valhalla, New York]
• I'm Buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx
• Look at Me, I'm Postage
• Man's World
• Pilots
• Profiles 35001-35250 (Ranked: 35195)
• Soda Advertisers

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 19 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 28 Votes: 46.43% Annoying