Harriet Quimby: First American Woman to Earn a Pilot's License:

On August 1, 1911, Harriet Quimby passed her pilot's test and was awarded license #37 from Aero Club of America, part of the International Aeuronautic Federation which granted international pilot's licenses. Quimby was the second woman in the world to be licensed; the Baroness de la Roche had been awarded a license in France. Matilde Moisant became the second woman to be licensed as a pilot in the United States.