Ruth Law
Ruth Bancroft Law (1887-1970) Ruth Law, who received her pilot's license in 1912, was an accomplished flyer who had set the American nonstop cross-country record for men and women and the world nonstop cross-country for women in November 1916 while flying from Chicago to New York. When the United States entered World War I in 1917, Ruth Law volunteered to fly for the Army but was turned down. Even though their offers were dismissed by the Secretary of War with the statement "We don't want women in the Army," many women aviators wanted to contribute to the war effort.
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