Harriet Quimby (1875 - 1912) was an early American aviator. In 1911 she was awarded a U.S. pilot's certificate by the Aero Club of America, becoming the first woman to gain a pilot's license in the United States. On 16 April 1912, she became the first woman to fly across the English Channel.
However, her remarkable achievement was overlooked by a great deal of the media - they had other things on their mind that day. On any normal day she would have made front page news and been lauded by the press. But on 15 April, the day before her flight, a certain RMS Titanic had sunk. Quimby's groundbreaking flight was lucky if it got a mention.
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