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Taking this plane with her, she sailed from San Francisco in December 1916 for a tour of Japan and China. She stayed in the Orient six months and was the first woman to fly there. 

At the outbreak of World War I Katherine watned [[notation to correct spelling]] to enlist as a military aviator, but she was rejected because she was a woman. To put her flying to good use for her country anyway, Katherine began work for the Red Cross and Liberty Loan drives. 

She was checked out in a Curtiss JN military trainer and began a fund-riasing [[notation to correct spelling]] flight in this aircraft on June 24, 1917, from Buffalo, New York. She flew to Albany, where she spent the night, and then flew on to New York City and Philadelphia before reaching her destination, Washington, D.C., at 7:35 p.m. she landed at the Polo Grounds guided only by the Washington Monument and a large white canvas cross spread on the ground. The total distance she had covered was 670 miles, her longest flight to date.

She was presented with a $50,000 check, which she immediately turned over to the Treasury Department for the Red Cross Fund. Along her route from Buffalo to Washington, Katherine had dropped cards encouraging people to make contributions. 

Whenever possible during this time, Katherine assisted

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Original text has two misspellings (watned and riasing) that have been edited for correction in the text. The transcription spells the words with their original spelling.