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with Moisant aviator Harold Kanter to assist in demonstration tests of Moisant planes before Government military officers at the College Park, Maryland flying field. Miss Miller remained there through the month of October where she was flying actively for the Moisant Company. She returned to New York in early November and continued flying on Long Island.

On January 20th, 1913 she attempted to establish a woman's altitude record at Garden City. During her climb the sight feed oil flow indicator broke on the instrument panel in front covering her with oil, causing a hazardous emergency landing, which she made successfully.

During World War I Miss Miller served with the A.E.F. in France with the Y.M.C.A., first as an accountant, then later as a canteen worker at the front with the 82nd Division. For her services she received the Croix de guerre and American citations.

After World War I she engaged in educational work on the staffs of Dickinson and Colby College and the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton University.

Miss Miller became a member of the Early Birds in 1957 and is now living in retirement at New Hope, Pennsylvania.

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

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