Blanche Stuart Scott

Blanche Stuart Scott , also known as Betty Scott, was possibly the first American woman aviator.

Blanche Stuart Scott was born on April 8, 1885, in Rochester, New York, to Belle and John Scott . Her father was a successful businessman who manufactured and sold patent medicine. Scott became an early enthusiast of the automobile. Her father bought a car and she drove it about the city in a time before there were minimum age restrictions on driving. In 1900 the family, still in Rochester, lived at 116 Weld Avenue. Scotts family considered her a tomboy and sent her to a finishing school.

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