Mary Goodrich Jenson

Mary Goodrich Jenson was an early woman aviator and journalist who became the first woman in Connecticut to earn a pilot's license and the first woman to fly solo to Cuba. She was inducted into the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame in 2000.

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• "Carl Daniels Jenson & Mary Hanmer Goodrich." California, County Marriages, 1850-1952 via MyHeritage. < link > Accessed 15 December 2021.
  • Marriage: May 3 1940 - Los Angeles, California, United States; Husband: Carl Daniels Jenson; Birth: Circa 1908; Age: 32; Father: Carl William Jenson; Mother: Maude Daniels; Wife: Mary Hanmer Goodrich; Birth: Circa 1908; Age: 32; Father: James R Goodrich; Mother: Ella E Reed; Spouse's Gender: Female; Page: 75; GS Film number: 2114371; Digital Folder Number: 005698647; Image Number: 00153.
• Connecticut Department of Health. Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2003.
  • Name: Mary G Jenson; Gender: Female; Marital Status: Widowed; Birth Date: 6 Nov 1907; Birth Place: Connecticut; Address: 45 HIGHLAND; Residence: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; Death Date: 4 Jan 2004; Death Place: Hartford, Connecticut; Age: 96 Years; Spouse: Carl; Father's Surname: Goodrich; State File #: 00842.
• "Mary G Jenson." U.S. Social Security Death Index (SSDI) via MyHeritage. < link > Accessed 15 December 2021.
  • Name: Mary G Jenson; Birth: Nov 6 1907; Death: Jan 4 2004; Last residence: Wethersfield, Connecticut 06109, USA; SSN issuing state: New York.
• "Mary Goodrich Jenson." Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation. < link > Accessed 14 December 2021.
• "Mary Goodrich Jenson." Wikipedia, revision of 4 December 2021. < link > Accessed 14 December 2021.
• Woodward, Walt. "A Girl with Soaring Ambitions." Today in Connecticut History, published 4 January 2021. < link > Accessed 14 December 2021.