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  • The 'wind, motion, and freedom' of Lillian Gatlin, Illinois' pioneering aviatrix

    Mar 13, 2018 9:45 am by Anna Trammell
    Lillian Gatlin in the Los Angeles Herald, March 1917

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    • Lillian Gatlin in the Los Angeles Herald, March 1917

    Lillian Gatlin, a student from 1906-1908, is rarely remembered today, but in the fall of 1922 was the toast of the nation the first woman to fly across the country