Air Derby Competitors

A large group of female pilots stands on an airfield

Some of the competitors in the first-ever women’s air derby, stopping in East St. Louis, Ill., in August 1929. From left to right: Mary Elizabeth von Mach, Jessie “Chubbie” Miller, Gladys O’Donnell, Thea Rasche, Phoebe Omlie, Louise Thaden, Amelia Earhart, Blanche Noyes, Ruth Elder and Vera Walker.
Courtesy of St. Louis University Libraries

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