Person:Valerie Mayes (1)

Valerie Mayes
 
Facts and Events
Name Valerie Mayes
Gender Female
Birth[1] May 1892 Tennessee, United States
Marriage to Frederick Adolf Nelson

Valerie was the first woman in the state of Idaho licensed to fly a plane. She was killed at a race track. A man she knew had raced & after the race, she asked permission to drive his car around the track; she lost control & was killed. source: Jay Webb

References
  1. Long Creek, Carroll, Arkansas, in United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T623).