{"id":104231,"date":"2021-11-15T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T21:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/?p=104231"},"modified":"2025-03-13T10:55:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T14:55:15","slug":"katherine-stinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/katherine-stinson\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Katherine Stinson Otero, Early Aviation Pioneer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><strong><em>Buried in Santa Fe National Cemetery is an aviation pioneer, flight instructor, skilled mechanic, Postal Service airmail pilot, World War I Red Cross worker, and accomplished architect. While a national celebrity and household name in the 1910s and 1920s, this trailblazer\u2019s only legacy is inscribed on the back of husband Lieutenant Colonel Miguel Antonio Otero Jr.\u2019s headstone, simply &#8211; \u201chis wife.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><cite>William Pickens, &#8220;The World&#8217;s Most Intrepid Airman is a Woman: Remembering Katherine Stinson&#8221; November 26, 1927<sup data-fn=\"f78ef71a-053a-47e1-bc37-a3269c0ec52c\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#f78ef71a-053a-47e1-bc37-a3269c0ec52c\" id=\"f78ef71a-053a-47e1-bc37-a3269c0ec52c-link\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image104231_738006-78.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image104231_738006-78 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:700px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image104231_738006-78.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image104231_738006-78 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image104231_738006-78 figure{max-width:700px;}.kb-image104231_738006-78 .image-is-svg, .kb-image104231_738006-78 .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image104231_738006-78 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image104231_738006-78\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/history-feature-2021051316.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27768%27%20height%3D%27561%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20768%20561%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27768%27%20height%3D%27561%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/history-feature-2021051316.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Katherine Stinson and her airplane, ca. 1915. (Library of Congress)\" class=\"lazyload kb-img wp-image-104232\" width=\"768px\" height=\"561px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Katherine Stinson and her airplane, ca. 1915. (Library of Congress)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Katherine Stinson was born February 14, 1891, in Alabama, the first of four children. When her parents amicably separated, the children were raised by their entrepreneurial and progressive single mother. Katherine excelled in music during high school in Mississippi and desired to train as a concert pianist in Europe. The burgeoning world of aviation opened by the Wright brothers\u2019 historic 1903 flight presented a means to achieve this goal. She went to Chicago in late 1912 and became popular aviator Max Lillie\u2019s first female student. Within two months she earned the nation\u2019s 148th pilot\u2019s license, the fourth female to do so.<sup data-fn=\"9f6fa604-f4d4-45f1-899a-ef5fcef90650\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#9f6fa604-f4d4-45f1-899a-ef5fcef90650\" id=\"9f6fa604-f4d4-45f1-899a-ef5fcef90650-link\">2<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stinson quickly monetized her new skill. She and her mother incorporated the Stinson Aviation Company to make and sell aircraft. She joined the premier \u201cFlying Circus\u201d and performed across North America as a stunt pilot. \u201cThe Flying Schoolgirl\u201d became the feature attraction, and she was the first woman to loop-the-loop and skywrite at night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other entertainment feats included racing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com\/events\/indy500\" rel=\"noopener\">Indianapolis 500<\/a> winner in her plane and dropping suffragist literature on crowds in simulated bombing runs. She also achieved major aviation accomplishments in distance and endurance flying, making non-stop trips from San Diego to San Francisco and then from Chicago to New York. Throughout 1917, she toured as a distinguished guest in Japan and China, the first woman to fly in those countries. By the start of World War I, her reputation had grown to the point that she earned thousands of dollars for one afternoon of flying.<sup data-fn=\"2efe5276-32f0-4fca-893e-945cbb0ea80e\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#2efe5276-32f0-4fca-893e-945cbb0ea80e\" id=\"2efe5276-32f0-4fca-893e-945cbb0ea80e-link\">3<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image104231_cd118b-f1.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image104231_cd118b-f1 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:750px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image104231_cd118b-f1.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image104231_cd118b-f1 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image104231_cd118b-f1 figure{max-width:750px;}.kb-image104231_cd118b-f1 .image-is-svg, .kb-image104231_cd118b-f1 .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image104231_cd118b-f1 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image104231_cd118b-f1\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/history-feature-2021051317-scaled.jpg?resize=1024,139\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27768%27%20height%3D%27104%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20768%20104%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27768%27%20height%3D%27104%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/history-feature-2021051317-scaled.jpg?resize=1024,139\" alt=\"Ad from Overbrook Citizen, August 30, 1917. (newspapers.com)\" class=\"lazyload kb-img wp-image-104233\" width=\"768px\" height=\"104px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Ad from Overbrook Citizen, August 30, 1917. (newspapers.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A meteoric rise did not diminish Stinson\u2019s pragmatism and modesty. She viewed herself as an \u201cordinary girl, no more courageous, clever or self-reliant than the average American woman.\u201d<sup data-fn=\"c8b083ef-81f0-4f08-8119-6ab62b64788f\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#c8b083ef-81f0-4f08-8119-6ab62b64788f\" id=\"c8b083ef-81f0-4f08-8119-6ab62b64788f-link\">4<\/a><\/sup> Flying was a field open to women and a means to make money\u2014it was work. Furthermore, she felt this work was more suited to women because of their \u201cpatience, attention to detail and caution, and intuition.\u201d<sup data-fn=\"22c3c81a-803d-47d5-8195-744ee2ade4e8\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#22c3c81a-803d-47d5-8195-744ee2ade4e8\" id=\"22c3c81a-803d-47d5-8195-744ee2ade4e8-link\">5<\/a><\/sup> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She designed and built her own planes and motors, maintained them, and did not leave things up to luck.<sup data-fn=\"d0b2e0f7-d63e-4a7f-8a50-2b7e253b22c6\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#d0b2e0f7-d63e-4a7f-8a50-2b7e253b22c6\" id=\"d0b2e0f7-d63e-4a7f-8a50-2b7e253b22c6-link\">6<\/a><\/sup> As a result, she suffered none of the serious accidents that killed many of her counterparts. She was economically independent and made aviation a family business, training her siblings to become accomplished pilots. By 1915, Katherine\u2019s earnings financed the Stinson Flying School and <a href=\"https:\/\/flysanantonio.com\/stinson\/about\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Stinson Airport<\/a> in San Antonio, Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image104231_fab005-33.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image104231_fab005-33 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:700px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image104231_fab005-33.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image104231_fab005-33 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image104231_fab005-33 figure{max-width:700px;}.kb-image104231_fab005-33 .image-is-svg, .kb-image104231_fab005-33 .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image104231_fab005-33 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image104231_fab005-33\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/history-feature-2021051318-scaled.jpg?resize=1024,786\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27768%27%20height%3D%27590%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20768%20590%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27768%27%20height%3D%27590%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/history-feature-2021051318-scaled.jpg?resize=1024,786\" alt=\"Stinson in Boston preparing to fly Red Cross contributions to Washington, D.C., dated 1917. (National Archives)\" class=\"lazyload kb-img wp-image-104234\" width=\"768px\" height=\"590px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Stinson in Boston preparing to fly Red Cross contributions to Washington, D.C., dated 1917. (National Archives)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patriotism outweighed her desire to perform, however. When the U.S. Army launched the Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa in 1916, Stinson volunteered as a pilot. She \u201cwas turned down, but had the satisfaction of knowing that most of the pilots who did go were men she had taught to fly at her school\u201d near the border.<sup data-fn=\"4a6f89a6-f7a6-4975-844a-2cb19cc39cc8\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#4a6f89a6-f7a6-4975-844a-2cb19cc39cc8\" id=\"4a6f89a6-f7a6-4975-844a-2cb19cc39cc8-link\">7<\/a><\/sup> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When America entered World War I she again, unsuccessfully, attempted to fly for her country. She used her celebrity to contribute to the war effort at home and circumvent a wartime restriction on civilian flying. She briefly flew as the only female for the U.S. Air Mail Service and made publicity flights to raise money for the American Red Cross. The most notable was a trip from Buffalo, NY, to Washington, DC, with stops in between, where she delivered a $2 million check to Treasury Secretary William McAdoo.<sup data-fn=\"8d06b2e3-21ce-4bff-b88d-691a6eac001e\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#8d06b2e3-21ce-4bff-b88d-691a6eac001e\" id=\"8d06b2e3-21ce-4bff-b88d-691a6eac001e-link\">8<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stinson viewed World War I as the moment that would \u201cusher in the era of the airplane.\u201d<sup data-fn=\"eef4e6c9-4f85-40a4-bbae-36ffe77d7a2a\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#eef4e6c9-4f85-40a4-bbae-36ffe77d7a2a\" id=\"eef4e6c9-4f85-40a4-bbae-36ffe77d7a2a-link\">9<\/a><\/sup> Turned down for military service, she unsuccessfully offered her piloting skills to the Red Cross overseas, to \u201cestablish an aerial ambulance corps\u201d to transport wounded troops from the front line to hospitals without the need for jostling ambulances.<sup data-fn=\"73ccc3d9-3c1d-407a-90d8-50c5d8ffb4cb\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#73ccc3d9-3c1d-407a-90d8-50c5d8ffb4cb\" id=\"73ccc3d9-3c1d-407a-90d8-50c5d8ffb4cb-link\">10<\/a><\/sup> This prescient vision would not be achieved until late World War II. Stinson, instead, was accepted into the Red Cross Ambulance service and traveled overseas in October 1918. The war ended less than a month later.<sup data-fn=\"1f8f8177-2c93-4426-b26f-d4d79b639868\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#1f8f8177-2c93-4426-b26f-d4d79b639868\" id=\"1f8f8177-2c93-4426-b26f-d4d79b639868-link\">11<\/a><\/sup> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On December 20, 1918, she flew a publicity flight over London and then across the English Channel to Paris to begin in the \u201cemploy of the Red Cross.\u201d<sup data-fn=\"2c8bbc6d-19c2-45ee-8c34-53c749624b83\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#2c8bbc6d-19c2-45ee-8c34-53c749624b83\" id=\"2c8bbc6d-19c2-45ee-8c34-53c749624b83-link\">12<\/a><\/sup> Stinson still sought to fly in post-war Europe to support the troops. She tried to apply her airmail experience to deliver mail to occupation forces in Germany, and she had plans to fly over Germany in search of unreported prisoner-of-war camps.<sup data-fn=\"9d16c421-d28e-4a02-b0ea-a3a560c2ea2d\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#9d16c421-d28e-4a02-b0ea-a3a560c2ea2d\" id=\"9d16c421-d28e-4a02-b0ea-a3a560c2ea2d-link\">13<\/a><\/sup> At least one family in Canada went through the U.S. Consulate to see if Stinson could attempt to fly into Germany and locate their missing son.<sup data-fn=\"7fde7d71-cc3d-42a2-b717-f6f38f29f0ad\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#7fde7d71-cc3d-42a2-b717-f6f38f29f0ad\" id=\"7fde7d71-cc3d-42a2-b717-f6f38f29f0ad-link\">14<\/a><\/sup> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She also began formulating a plan to set another aviation record when it was her time to return home by flying solo across the Atlantic.<sup data-fn=\"511c2b9a-da18-41ba-b453-18ec0a1619e6\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#511c2b9a-da18-41ba-b453-18ec0a1619e6\" id=\"511c2b9a-da18-41ba-b453-18ec0a1619e6-link\">15<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image104231_05f888-0f.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image104231_05f888-0f .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:500px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image104231_05f888-0f.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image104231_05f888-0f .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image104231_05f888-0f figure{max-width:500px;}.kb-image104231_05f888-0f .image-is-svg, .kb-image104231_05f888-0f .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image104231_05f888-0f .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image104231_05f888-0f\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/history-feature-2021051320-scaled.jpg?resize=698,1024\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27524%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20524%20768%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27524%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/history-feature-2021051320-scaled.jpg?resize=698,1024\" alt=\"Stinson on board S.S. Harrisburg returning from France in March 1919. She became ill with influenza while in France. (National Archives)\" class=\"lazyload kb-img wp-image-104236\" width=\"524px\" height=\"768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Stinson on board S.S. Harrisburg returning from France in March 1919. She became ill with influenza while in France. (National Archives)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A bout of influenza was at least partially responsible for the disruption of her plans. Stinson remained largely grounded in France and worked as a chauffeur in a \u201cdocile Ford.\u201d<sup data-fn=\"e9ff30b1-76f1-4e15-a61f-b9a2f9da6ff2\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#e9ff30b1-76f1-4e15-a61f-b9a2f9da6ff2\" id=\"e9ff30b1-76f1-4e15-a61f-b9a2f9da6ff2-link\">16<\/a><\/sup> Her all-female motor corps unit was disbanded in February 1919, and she was transferred to a service totally alien and intimidating to her\u2014canteen work. Her final month abroad was spent at rest camps, serving refreshments to doughboys and playing a piano. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Christmas Eve 1918, her music entertained those soldiers convalescing at the Gare du Nord rest station in Paris.<sup data-fn=\"3f165bee-b7c4-4601-923f-de043766195f\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#3f165bee-b7c4-4601-923f-de043766195f\" id=\"3f165bee-b7c4-4601-923f-de043766195f-link\">17<\/a><\/sup> Stinson also visited the American battlefields at Chateau-Thierry and Belleau Wood. The devastation seen there and her experience with combat Veterans helped put personal wartime disappointments in perspective. She sailed home on board S.S. <em>Harrisburg<\/em> in March 1919, feeling that \u201cany service no matter how menial was worthy.\u201d<sup data-fn=\"49d5027e-3d97-474e-bf04-ddf274407e19\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#49d5027e-3d97-474e-bf04-ddf274407e19\" id=\"49d5027e-3d97-474e-bf04-ddf274407e19-link\">18<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her post-war influenza, the disease that had killed millions around the globe in 1918-1919, permanently impacted her adventurous lifestyle. She entered the Sunmount Sanitarium in Santa Fe to recuperate from tuberculosis and spent years there.<sup data-fn=\"f9181ba8-7fcf-4bd5-8b8a-a21bb4e054a0\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#f9181ba8-7fcf-4bd5-8b8a-a21bb4e054a0\" id=\"f9181ba8-7fcf-4bd5-8b8a-a21bb4e054a0-link\">19<\/a><\/sup> While convalescing, she came to terms with a new life, each day looking out her window at a mountain peak and realizing that her insatiable desire to climb it was now impractical and diminished, as was the thought of continuing her demanding flying career.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/history-feature-2021051321.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/history-feature-2021051321.jpg?w=730\" alt=\"Katherine Stinson and husband Miguel Otero in their garden, ca. 1940. (University of New Mexico Digital Collection)\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-104237\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Katherine Stinson and husband Miguel Otero in their garden, ca. 1940. (University of New Mexico Digital Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In November 1927, she married Miguel Antonio Otero Jr., the New Mexico state auditor and son of the former territorial governor, whom she met overseas when he was a young lieutenant with the American Flying Corps. She never flew again. Her national celebrity was eclipsed by the likes of Amelia Earhart, but she graciously supported all female pilots who followed in her path. For her next chapter, she was a loving spouse who applied attention to detail into a new career as an untrained architect and gained renown for Pueblo Revival Style residences she designed in Santa Fe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Katherine developed a serious illness in 1961 that left her disabled and unable to recognize family. She suffered a stroke the following year and remained in a coma for 15 years until her death on July 8, 1977. During her burial at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cem.va.gov\/cems\/nchp\/SantaFe.asp\" rel=\"noopener\">Santa Fe National Cemetery<\/a>, a 1928 airplane made by her family business flew low over the cemetery.<sup data-fn=\"50e0c682-dcc5-4b42-a0ae-78013bb12a2e\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#50e0c682-dcc5-4b42-a0ae-78013bb12a2e\" id=\"50e0c682-dcc5-4b42-a0ae-78013bb12a2e-link\">20<\/a><\/sup> Stinson\u2019s husband died two months later; they were married for 50 years and both are interred in Section 3, Site 1862. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While not technically a military Veteran, Stinson\u2019s patriotic service during wartime was important. She is an example to the obstacles that women have faced in their desire to serve their country and she should be remembered for the trailblazer that she was.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image104231_686501-4e.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image104231_686501-4e .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:650px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image104231_686501-4e.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image104231_686501-4e .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image104231_686501-4e figure{max-width:650px;}.kb-image104231_686501-4e .image-is-svg, .kb-image104231_686501-4e .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image104231_686501-4e .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image104231_686501-4e\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/history-feature-2021051322.jpg\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/history-feature-2021051322.jpg?w=729\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/history-feature-2021051322.jpg?w=729\" alt=\"Stinson looking at an old photo album, undated. (University of New Mexico Digital Collections)\" class=\"lazyload kb-img wp-image-104238\" width=\"729px\" height=\"940px\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27729%27%20height%3D%27940%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20729%20940%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27729%27%20height%3D%27940%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/history-feature-2021051322.jpg?resize=233,300 233w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/history-feature-2021051322.jpg?resize=465,600 465w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/history-feature-2021051322.jpg 729w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Stinson looking at an old photo album, undated. (University of New Mexico Digital Collections)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image104231_916a64-1d.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image104231_916a64-1d .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:400px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image104231_916a64-1d.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image104231_916a64-1d .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image104231_916a64-1d figure{max-width:400px;}.kb-image104231_916a64-1d .image-is-svg, .kb-image104231_916a64-1d .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image104231_916a64-1d .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image104231_916a64-1d\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/history-feature-2021051323.jpg?resize=592,1024\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27444%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20444%20768%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27444%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/history-feature-2021051323.jpg?resize=592,1024\" alt=\"The marker for the Otero\/Stinson grave. Stinson is memorialized on the back of her husband\u2019s headstone, which is customary. (NCA photo)\" class=\"lazyload kb-img wp-image-104239\" width=\"444px\" height=\"768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The marker for the Otero\/Stinson grave. Stinson is memorialized on the back of her husband\u2019s headstone, which is customary. (VA)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading104231_605636-d7, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading104231_605636-d7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading104231_605636-d7\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading104231_605636-d7 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading104231_605636-d7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading104231_605636-d7\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading104231_605636-d7 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading104231_605636-d7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading104231_605636-d7\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading104231_605636-d7 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading104231_605636-d7\">Footnotes<\/h2>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-footnotes\"><li id=\"f78ef71a-053a-47e1-bc37-a3269c0ec52c\">William Pickens, \u201cAccelerating Sentiment,\u201d Saturday Evening Post, November 26, 1927, 134. <a href=\"#f78ef71a-053a-47e1-bc37-a3269c0ec52c-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 1\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"9f6fa604-f4d4-45f1-899a-ef5fcef90650\">\u201cBirdgirl Will Navigate The Sky Over the State Fair,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/348868756\" rel=\"noopener\">The Butte Miner<\/a>, September 13, 1913. <a href=\"#9f6fa604-f4d4-45f1-899a-ef5fcef90650-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 2\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"2efe5276-32f0-4fca-893e-945cbb0ea80e\">William Pickens, \u201cAccelerating Sentiment,\u201d Saturday Evening Post, November 26, 1927, 134. <a href=\"#2efe5276-32f0-4fca-893e-945cbb0ea80e-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 3\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"c8b083ef-81f0-4f08-8119-6ab62b64788f\">Katherine Stinson, \u201cWhy Women Make the Best Fliers,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/606738417\" rel=\"noopener\">Sacramento Star<\/a>, January 5, 1918. <a href=\"#c8b083ef-81f0-4f08-8119-6ab62b64788f-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 4\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"22c3c81a-803d-47d5-8195-744ee2ade4e8\">Ibid. <a href=\"#22c3c81a-803d-47d5-8195-744ee2ade4e8-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 5\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"d0b2e0f7-d63e-4a7f-8a50-2b7e253b22c6\">William Pickens, \u201cAccelerating Sentiment,\u201d Saturday Evening Post, November 26, 1927, 134. <a href=\"#d0b2e0f7-d63e-4a7f-8a50-2b7e253b22c6-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 6\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"4a6f89a6-f7a6-4975-844a-2cb19cc39cc8\">\u201cKatherine Stinson, Best of Women Pilots, Will Never Fly Again,\u201d <a aria-label=\"View the August 3, 1928 edition of the Victoria Daily Times\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/505996009\" rel=\"noopener\">Victoria Daily Times<\/a>, August 4, 1928. <a href=\"#4a6f89a6-f7a6-4975-844a-2cb19cc39cc8-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 7\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"8d06b2e3-21ce-4bff-b88d-691a6eac001e\">William Pickens, \u201cAccelerating Sentiment,\u201d Saturday Evening Post, November 26, 1927, 134. <a href=\"#8d06b2e3-21ce-4bff-b88d-691a6eac001e-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 8\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"eef4e6c9-4f85-40a4-bbae-36ffe77d7a2a\">Katherine Stinson, \u201cWoman\u2019s Future in the Sky Age,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/606738749\" rel=\"noopener\">Sacramento Star<\/a>, January 8, 1918. <a href=\"#eef4e6c9-4f85-40a4-bbae-36ffe77d7a2a-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 9\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"73ccc3d9-3c1d-407a-90d8-50c5d8ffb4cb\">Ibid. <a href=\"#73ccc3d9-3c1d-407a-90d8-50c5d8ffb4cb-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 10\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"1f8f8177-2c93-4426-b26f-d4d79b639868\">\u201cMiss Stinson in Ambulance Corps is Sailing Soon,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/199713933\" rel=\"noopener\">Jackson Daily News<\/a>, October 18, 1918. <a href=\"#1f8f8177-2c93-4426-b26f-d4d79b639868-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 11\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"2c8bbc6d-19c2-45ee-8c34-53c749624b83\">\u201cGirl Plans Cross Sea Air Flight,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/678175919\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Record<\/a>, December 21, 1918. <a href=\"#2c8bbc6d-19c2-45ee-8c34-53c749624b83-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 12\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"9d16c421-d28e-4a02-b0ea-a3a560c2ea2d\">Ibid. <a href=\"#9d16c421-d28e-4a02-b0ea-a3a560c2ea2d-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 13\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"7fde7d71-cc3d-42a2-b717-f6f38f29f0ad\">\u201cWoman Aviator Seeks Mail Job,\u201d <a aria-label=\"View the February 6, 1919 edition of The Blackwell Weekly\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/582575287\" rel=\"noopener\">The Blackwell Weekly<\/a> (originally in Stars and Stripes), February 6, 1919, and \u201cMiss Stinson Asked to Look for Sayre\u201d <a aria-label=\"View the January 3, 1919 edition of the Calgary Herald\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/478932003\" rel=\"noopener\">Calgary Herald<\/a>, January 3, 1919. <a href=\"#7fde7d71-cc3d-42a2-b717-f6f38f29f0ad-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 14\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"511c2b9a-da18-41ba-b453-18ec0a1619e6\">\u201cGirl Plans Cross Sea Air Flight,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/678175919\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Record<\/a>, December 21, 1918. <a href=\"#511c2b9a-da18-41ba-b453-18ec0a1619e6-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 15\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"e9ff30b1-76f1-4e15-a61f-b9a2f9da6ff2\">\u201cWoman Aviator Seeks Mail Job,\u201d <a aria-label=\"View the February 6, 1919 edition of The Blackwell Weekly\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/582575287\" rel=\"noopener\">The Blackwell Weekly<\/a> (originally in Stars and Stripes), February 6, 1919.  <a href=\"#e9ff30b1-76f1-4e15-a61f-b9a2f9da6ff2-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 16\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"3f165bee-b7c4-4601-923f-de043766195f\">\u201cAmerican Aviatrix Found a New Thrill in Feeding Doughboys Cholate Cake,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/583437657\" rel=\"noopener\">The Tulsa Democrat<\/a>, June 29, 1919. <a href=\"#3f165bee-b7c4-4601-923f-de043766195f-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 17\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"49d5027e-3d97-474e-bf04-ddf274407e19\">Ibid. <a href=\"#49d5027e-3d97-474e-bf04-ddf274407e19-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 18\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"f9181ba8-7fcf-4bd5-8b8a-a21bb4e054a0\">\u201cKatherine Stinson, Best of Women Pilots, Will Never Fly Again,\u201d Victoria Daily Times, August 4, 1928. <a href=\"#f9181ba8-7fcf-4bd5-8b8a-a21bb4e054a0-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 19\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"50e0c682-dcc5-4b42-a0ae-78013bb12a2e\">\u201cPueblo Revival Style was Near to Aviatrix\u2019s Heart,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/583476254\" rel=\"noopener\">The New Mexican<\/a>, March 4, 2002. <a href=\"#50e0c682-dcc5-4b42-a0ae-78013bb12a2e-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 20\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katherine Stinson was an early aviation pioneer, becoming the fourth woman to receive a pilot license in the nation. Her flying career took her to the doorsteps of World War I and back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"[{\"content\":\"William Pickens, \u201cAccelerating Sentiment,\u201d Saturday Evening Post, November 26, 1927, 134.\",\"id\":\"f78ef71a-053a-47e1-bc37-a3269c0ec52c\"},{\"content\":\"\u201cBirdgirl Will Navigate The Sky Over the State Fair,\u201d <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/348868756\\\">The Butte Miner<\/a>, September 13, 1913.\",\"id\":\"9f6fa604-f4d4-45f1-899a-ef5fcef90650\"},{\"content\":\"William Pickens, \u201cAccelerating Sentiment,\u201d Saturday Evening Post, November 26, 1927, 134.\",\"id\":\"2efe5276-32f0-4fca-893e-945cbb0ea80e\"},{\"content\":\"Katherine Stinson, \u201cWhy Women Make the Best Fliers,\u201d <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/606738417\\\">Sacramento Star<\/a>, January 5, 1918.\",\"id\":\"c8b083ef-81f0-4f08-8119-6ab62b64788f\"},{\"content\":\"Ibid.\",\"id\":\"22c3c81a-803d-47d5-8195-744ee2ade4e8\"},{\"content\":\"William Pickens, \u201cAccelerating Sentiment,\u201d Saturday Evening Post, November 26, 1927, 134.\",\"id\":\"d0b2e0f7-d63e-4a7f-8a50-2b7e253b22c6\"},{\"content\":\"\u201cKatherine Stinson, Best of Women Pilots, Will Never Fly Again,\u201d <a aria-label=\\\"View the August 3, 1928 edition of the Victoria Daily Times\\\" href=\\\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/505996009\\\">Victoria Daily Times<\/a>, August 4, 1928.\",\"id\":\"4a6f89a6-f7a6-4975-844a-2cb19cc39cc8\"},{\"content\":\"William Pickens, \u201cAccelerating Sentiment,\u201d Saturday Evening Post, November 26, 1927, 134.\",\"id\":\"8d06b2e3-21ce-4bff-b88d-691a6eac001e\"},{\"content\":\"Katherine Stinson, \u201cWoman\u2019s Future in the Sky Age,\u201d <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/606738749\\\">Sacramento Star<\/a>, January 8, 1918.\",\"id\":\"eef4e6c9-4f85-40a4-bbae-36ffe77d7a2a\"},{\"content\":\"Ibid.\",\"id\":\"73ccc3d9-3c1d-407a-90d8-50c5d8ffb4cb\"},{\"content\":\"\u201cMiss Stinson in Ambulance Corps is Sailing Soon,\u201d <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/199713933\\\">Jackson Daily News<\/a>, October 18, 1918.\",\"id\":\"1f8f8177-2c93-4426-b26f-d4d79b639868\"},{\"content\":\"\u201cGirl Plans Cross Sea Air Flight,\u201d <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/678175919\\\">Los Angeles Record<\/a>, December 21, 1918.\",\"id\":\"2c8bbc6d-19c2-45ee-8c34-53c749624b83\"},{\"content\":\"Ibid.\",\"id\":\"9d16c421-d28e-4a02-b0ea-a3a560c2ea2d\"},{\"content\":\"\u201cWoman Aviator Seeks Mail Job,\u201d <a aria-label=\\\"View the February 6, 1919 edition of The Blackwell Weekly\\\" href=\\\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/582575287\\\">The Blackwell Weekly<\/a> (originally in Stars and Stripes), February 6, 1919, and \u201cMiss Stinson Asked to Look for Sayre\u201d <a aria-label=\\\"View the January 3, 1919 edition of the Calgary Herald\\\" href=\\\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/478932003\\\">Calgary Herald<\/a>, January 3, 1919.\",\"id\":\"7fde7d71-cc3d-42a2-b717-f6f38f29f0ad\"},{\"content\":\"\u201cGirl Plans Cross Sea Air Flight,\u201d <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/678175919\\\">Los Angeles Record<\/a>, December 21, 1918.\",\"id\":\"511c2b9a-da18-41ba-b453-18ec0a1619e6\"},{\"content\":\"\u201cWoman Aviator Seeks Mail Job,\u201d <a aria-label=\\\"View the February 6, 1919 edition of The Blackwell Weekly\\\" href=\\\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/582575287\\\">The Blackwell Weekly<\/a> (originally in Stars and Stripes), February 6, 1919. \",\"id\":\"e9ff30b1-76f1-4e15-a61f-b9a2f9da6ff2\"},{\"content\":\"\u201cAmerican Aviatrix Found a New Thrill in Feeding Doughboys Cholate Cake,\u201d <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/583437657\\\">The Tulsa Democrat<\/a>, June 29, 1919.\",\"id\":\"3f165bee-b7c4-4601-923f-de043766195f\"},{\"content\":\"Ibid.\",\"id\":\"49d5027e-3d97-474e-bf04-ddf274407e19\"},{\"content\":\"\u201cKatherine Stinson, Best of Women Pilots, Will Never Fly Again,\u201d Victoria Daily Times, August 4, 1928.\",\"id\":\"f9181ba8-7fcf-4bd5-8b8a-a21bb4e054a0\"},{\"content\":\"\u201cPueblo Revival Style was Near to Aviatrix\u2019s Heart,\u201d <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/583476254\\\">The New Mexican<\/a>, March 4, 2002.\",\"id\":\"50e0c682-dcc5-4b42-a0ae-78013bb12a2e\"}]"},"categories":[6],"tags":[20,31,32],"class_list":["post-104231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-stories","tag-national-cemetery-administration","tag-women-veterans","tag-world-war-i"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/katherine-stinson\/","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Remembering 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