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MISS TODD & AEROPLANE - 1906-07 Library of Congress Collection,

 

ONLINE RESOURCES Using the Google search engine on "E. Lillian Todd", (9-13-06),you will find about 33 links. Unfortunately, most of them simply repeat the fact that she was the first woman to build an airplane.   If you use Google on "E. L. Todd" +aviation, you will find 27 links, one of which is fascinating and highly relevant.   A HISTORY OF THE RADIO CLUB OF AMERICA, Inc. by: George E. Burghard      In the first few paragraphs of this full page article, there is a discussion of the formation of the Junior Aero Club of U. S. by a group of young boys under the leadership of Miss Lillian E. Todd. To access the website, just click on the title above:      A little lower down the page you find a description of the formation of a second club, the Junior Wireless Club Limited . A Miss E. L Todd is named as an Honorary President.

 

Mrs. Russell Sage: Activism And Philanthropy in Gilded Age And Progressive Era America (Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies)   Ruth Crocker   Product Details Hardcover: 552 pages Publisher: Indiana University Press (October 11, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0253347122 ISBN-13: 978-0253347121 Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.4 inches

NOTES So glad to see that Lilian Todd shows up in Wikipedia now. There's quite a bit about her in my book on Margaret Olivia (Mrs Russell) Sage, the multimillionaire philanthropist. By 1911, Lilian was working full time in Sage's office as her administrative assistant in her philanthropy. Tons more in: http://www.amazon.com/Mrs-Russell-Sage-Philanthropy-Philanthropic/dp/0253347122 Indiana University Press, pub. in paperback 2008. best, Ruth Crocker Dr. Ruth Crocker Professor of History Department of History 310 Thach Hall Auburn University Auburn, AL 36849

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