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[[stamp]] FROM THE FLYING PIONEERS BIOGRAPHIES OF HAROLD E. MOREHOUSE [[/stamp]]

RUTH LAW

Early Burgess Wright - Curtiss Exhibition Pilot
5th Licensed Woman Pilot in the U.S.

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Ruth Law was born in Lynn, Massachusetts March 21, 1887, the daughter of a former Naval officer, and [[strikethrough]] was a [[/strikethrough]] the sister of Rodman Law, famed early parachute jumper. She married Charles A. Oliver, of New York City, August 9, 1907.

Becoming interested in flying, she entered the Burgess Flying School at the old Saugus Race Track, Boston, Massachusetts late in June, 1912. Miss Law had her first ride about July 1st, took her first lesson on July 5th and made her first solo flight in a land plane on August 1st. Her instructor was Harry N. Atwood.

Following this Miss Law took some hydro instruction from W.S. Burgess and in September flew her first public exhibition at a small local meet, though she had not taken her license tests at that time. She bought a plane and entered the Columbus Day Meet held at the new Oakwood Heights Flying Field on Staten Island, New York, on October 13th and was the sensation of the show. After the meet she continued practice flying and on November 12, 1912, obtained license No. 188 on her Burgess-Wright. During her stay there she contracted to fly for the Clarendon Hotel, a beach resort at Sea Breeze, Florida, for the winter, starting January 4, 1913. There she made daily flights as a resort attraction and carried many socially prominent passengers. Her engagement lasted until the early spring months, when she returned north for the summer season. 

Early in June, 1913, Miss Law flew for the Easton Home Week Celebration at Allentown, Pennsylvania, and then was engaged to fly at the fashionable Newport, Rhode Island, beach resort for the mid-summer