Description: Incredibly important photo of Leda Richberg Hornsby just prior to her attempt to fly over President Wilson's Yacht to "bomb" it with Suffrage leaflets On Dec. 2, 1916, Richberg-Hornsby participated in a publicity stunt for the National American Woman Suffrage Association The plan, devised by Carrie Chapman Catt, was for Richberg-Hornsby to fly her biplane over President Woodrow Wilson's yacht, the Mayflower, as it came down the Hudson River toward Liberty Island for the celebration of the first lighting of the Statue of Liberty. Once over the yacht, she was to "bomb" the president with petitions from female voters of the western United States She was accompanied by Ida Blair: white, and blue, the suffrage campaign colors, and a banner reading "Women Want Liberty Too."Before she could reach the president's yacht, however, the high winds forced Richberg-Hornsby to make an emergency landing in a Staten Island swamp. She was the first female to graduate from the Wright Flying School 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches
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