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on September 18th she exhibited at Napoleon, Ohio. That fall Marjorie returned to San Antonio and resumed their flying school operations.

Through 1917 she kept the school going at full capacity, training Royal Canadian Air Force pilots. Katherine and Edward assisted in this training program to establish a major contribution to World War I. Their students became known as "The Texas Escadrille" and Marjorie was affectionately called "The Flying School-marm". This operation continued through 1918, when following the Armistice was [[strikethrough]] evidently [[/strikethrough]] closed. 

During May, 1919 Marjorie did some flying with Edward at the Pan American Aeronautical Exposition at Atlantic City, New Jersey where she won the Trophy for women [[strikethrough]] pilots [[/strikethrough]] pilots. That may have ended the period of her active flying. She had held private flying license Number 1600.

[[strikethrough]] That [[/strikethrough]] By the spring, 1919 she went to Washington, D.C. where she became a draftsman with the Navy Department until 1926, when she transferred to the War Department, also as a draftsman, in one of their Engineering Departments. There she remained until retirement in 1936. Following this Marjorie did considerable writing for aviation and other magazines. She died [[strikethrough]] is an Early Bird, still living [[/strikethrough]] in Washington, D.C., April 15, 1975, age 74. [[strikethrough]] She also holds private pilot Certificate No. 1600. [[/strikethrough]]

Flying Pioneer, Early Bird Marjorie Stinson deserves great credit [[strikethrough]] as one of [[/strikethrough]] among the foremost early American women pilots. As one of the famous "Stinson Family" of aviation pioneers, she certainly contributed her share toward making that name a major part of early American avation history. As an early [[strikethrough]] civilian [[/strikethrough]] instructor of the World War I era, her record equaled that of the best of the [[strikethrough]] men [[/strikethrough]] civilian flight instructors. Her name appears on the Wright Memorial Plaque at Dayton, Ohio.