Title	Jessie Maude "Chubbie" Miller at Parks Airport participating with 12 other women flyers in the All-Woman Transcontinental Air Race
Creator	Unknown creator St. Louis University
Subject	Parks College of Saint Louis University (Cahokia, Ill.) Miller, Jesse Maude Women air pilots Airplanes Powder Puff Derby
Local Subject	Transcontinental Ragwing Derby
Description	An image of Jessie Maude "Chubbie" Miller, participant in the first Women's Transcontinental Air Race in August 1929. Jessie, an Australian journalist, turned aviatrix, became the first woman to fly from England to Australia, with her friend Bill Lancaster, in 1927. After going to the United States, chubbie learned to fly and became a highly successful air-racing contestant. The above photo was taken at Parks Airport when chubbie arrived with 12 other women flyers participating in the Transcontinental "Ragwing Derby." (24 August 1929) [Original photo from Henry Schnittger Photo Collection, PHO 63.0.1]
Original Date	1929-08-24; *
Digital Date	2009-08-18; *
Format	image/JPEG2000
Identifier	Parks_PER_Miller, Jesse Chubbie_0001
Relation	Parks_PER_Miller, Jesse Chubbie
Source	Collection: Parks Cahokia; Series: Women Pioneers in Aviation; Folder: 1929; Henry Schnittger Photo Collection; PHO 63.0.1
Source Description	Photographic images
Collection Name	PHO 63 – Henry Schnittger Photograph Collection
Rights	Permission to reproduce or publish must be obtained from the Saint Louis University Libraries Archives and Records Management.
Publisher	Saint Louis University Libraries Digitization Center
Type	image
Contributing Institution	Saint Louis University Libraries Archives and Records Management

Jessie Maude "Chubbie" Miller at Parks Airport participating with 12 other women flyers in the All-Woman Transcontinental Air Race

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