Elizabeth Lippincott McQueen
- Elizabeth Lippincott McQueen
Elizabeth Lippincott McQueen (January 1, 1878 – December 25, 1958) was the founder of the Women's International Association of Aeronautics.
Biography
She was born on New Year's Eve in 1878 in Salem County, New Jersey. Elizabeth's parents were the Reverend Dr. Benjamin Crispin Lippincott, who was the first superintendent of public instruction in Washington Territory, and New Jersey Methodist Episcopal Church minister; and Deborah Hand Diverty [] . Deborah was his second wife. Elizabeth had two brothers: Dr. Jesse R. Diverty Lippincott; a physician; and Reverend Benjamin Crispin Lippincott, Jr.
Elizabeth married Ulysses Grant McQueen. She headed the Women’s International Association of Aeronautics (WIAA) and the Women’s Aeronautic Association of California, and organized the Powder Puff Derby. Her archive is at the University of Southern California, Doheny Memorial Library in the Rare Books & Manuscripts room. She died on Christmas in Los Angeles and was cremated and her ashes were buried at the Portal of Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation.
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* [http://www.earlyaviators.com/emcqueen.htm Early Aviators: McQueen]
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