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Miss Ruth Law's Flight A Winged Victory

Flying from Chicago to New York in an Antiquated Aeroplane, Little Birdwoman Breaks All American Long-Distance Records, Masculine or Otherwise
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Ira L. Hill

In a quite inadequate, almost obsolete, type of biplane at which up-to-date aviators smiled indulgently, a slight young woman, flying "just for fun," achieved the most dramatic feat of the year in American aviation.

On Nov. 20 Miss Ruth Law established a new 590-mile non-stop, 'cross-country record for the Western Hemisphere by her flight from Chicago to Hornell, New York. Of course we might say that Miss Laub broke the world's record for flight by women pilots. But since she wishes us to think of her achievement as an aviator, not as a woman, she will say that her record has been surpassed only by the French aviator, Lieutenant A. Marchal, who flew 812 1/2 miles from Nancy, France, to Cholm, Poland.

Ms. Law has been flying for five years, but this was her [[obscured]] at long-distance flight. Last May she [[obscured]] won the

[[Prize ribbons]]
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WINNER
OPEN DOG SHOW
[[circular logo]] CENTRAL OHIO KENNEL CLUB COLUMBUS OHIO encircling COKC [[/circular logo]]
OHIO STATE FAIR CENTRAL OHIO KENNEL CLUB COLUMBUS, OHIO AUG. 27-31, 1917
[[/prize ribbon]]

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[[headline obscured]] WOMEN
Bill Is Offered to Admit Women to Flying Corps
Ruth Law, Who Seeks to Serve Uncle Sam, Lobbies for Hilbert Measure.
Herald Bureau
No. 1,502 H Street, N. W.,
Washington, D. C., Thursday.
Ruth Law, aviatrix, will be a military flyer in France under the American flag if a bill introduced to-day by Representa-

Chicago Tribune Pictorial Weekly
In the Limelight
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SHE RETURNS TO SERVE HER COUNTRY—Miss Ruth Law, who is pictured above with her Belgian police dog, has returned from France with intentions of enlisting for aviation service in the United States Army. She was made famous by her record flight from Chicago to New York in an aeroplane. She is from a family of dare-devil aviators and automobile racers.
(Photograph copyright by Underwood & Underwood)

14 American Motorist December, 1916
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Transcription Notes:
[[Image 1]] Ruth Law, facing forward in the seat of her biplane [[/image 1]] [[Image 2]] Ruth Law faces right, wearing a knit hat and leather jacket and gloves holds an airplane steering tiller [[/image 2]] [[Image 3]] a woman in a broad brimmed hat and topcoat which reveals a high almost clerical-collar. [[/Image 3]] [[image 4]] A woman in in a hat and coat plays with the dog who is standing on hind legs shaking hands – the dog appears to be wearing a helmet. [[/Image 4]] [[Image 5]] Miss Ruth law wearing a knit hat, leather coat and gloves stands in front of a close view of her airplane. The photo reads "Miss Ruth Law Queen of the Air" [[/image 5]]