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About Marjorie Stinson
Madge STINSON, the daughter of Edward Anderson STINSON and Emma BEAVERS, was born 05 Jul 1895 in Ft. Payne, Dekalb Co., AL. She attended Millsap College, Jackson, Hinds Co., MS.
Madge earned her pilot's license in 1914 at the age of 18. For a time she engaged in aerial stunts across the country, like her elder sister Katherine. Eventually, she became a flight instructor at the Stinson School of Flying in San Antonio, TX, where she earned a reputation as one of the best instructors in the nation. She is credited with training more than 80 American and Canadian pilots for duty in World War I, and was dubbed "The Flying Schoolmarm."
Like her elder sister, Madge also flew air mail routes, and later became an aeronautical draftswoman for the US War Department.
Madge was never married. She died 15 Apr 1975 in Washington, D.C. Her ashes were scattered over the Stinson Field in San Antonio, TX on 27 Jul 1976.
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Marjorie Stinson's Timeline
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1894
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| 1975 |
1975
Age 81
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Washington, D.C
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ashes were scattered over the Stinson Field in San Antonio, TX
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