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THE "FIRST WOMAN aviator" as she looks today 

The authorities attempted to shoo her off the streets with the contraption which frightened horses and caused the more timid feminines to develop "vapors." Betty undismayed at the tempest lack of femininity was causing, calmly pointed out that there was no law against her driving. This was so and the City Fathers retired with as much dignity as they could assume. 
After being sent to an exclusive girl's school she proceeded to tuck the "modes and manners" gleaned there away for future reference and astounded the nation by driving an automobile from Manhattan to California. 
The publicity made the young adventurer famous and many offers of various kinds were forthcoming. Only one, however, appealed to Betty. She wanted to learn to fly. So, under the tutelage of the famous Glenn H. Curtiss she took her lessons and on Sept. 6, 1910, made her first solo flight at Hammondsport. 
She lived in the Curtiss home and was "guarded" carefully by both Glenn and Mrs. Curtiss. It was quite a trek from the house to the flying field and the others, being rugged males, rode around on motorcycles. So Betty demanded one to carry her back and forth. The bike was a little heavy for her to manage (she is a very small person) and every time she dismounted, she took a spill. This was solved by the determined young lady by simply coasting up to a tree, the side of a building or a fence and coming to a stop by steadying herself against such support. 
One day Mr. Curtiss told her that there were to be some famous guests at the house, among them a then young and dashing French aviator, Santos Dumont. Betty had gone as usual to the field for her daily flying lesson and on the return trip via motorcycle, told herself all the way that this time she would make a dashing entry and impress the personable Frenchman. She sure did! 
Astride the cycle she putted into the driveway and aimed for a stop alongside a handy tree where she planned to casually stop and dismount with dignity and grace.Her calculations misfired and she crashed head-on into the tree with the motorcycle and landed at the foot of | recent movies. Her mother's failing health some 12 years ago brought her back to Rochester where she became famous as "Roberta" on radio. Radio was not entirely new to her as she had done much work in the west. 
Currently with the Hornell station she recently was honored at the Dayton Air Show as one of the pioneer aviators along with Eddie Rickenbacher and others.