Marion Rice Hart
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Marion Rice Hart (1913-1990) was a sportswoman and author.
Hart was one of six children of Isaac Rice.
Hart was the first woman to graduate in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received a masters in geology from Columbia University.
As an aviatrix, Hart made seven solo flights across the Atlantic Ocean and was awarded the 1975 Harmon Trophy.
[edit] Books by Rice
Hart is the author of:
- Who Called That Lady a Skipper? (1938) describing her voyage on the ketch Vanora (ISBN 0-7812-8169-5).
- How to Navigate Today (1940) a treatise on celestial navigation (ISBN 0-87033-035-7), and
- I Fly as I Please (1953, Vanguard) describing her aerial adventures.
[edit] References
- Craft, Virginia (January 13 1975), “Flying in the Face of Age”, Sports Illustrated: 28 et seq., <http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1089429/index.htm>
