Don't Miss "Meet Ruth Law, Aviator"

On Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 7:00 pm, the Freedom Public Library will host Barbara Miles performing as Ruth Law, the Granite State’s first female aviator.

On December 2, 1916, Ruth Law flew out of the darkness. Wing tips ablaze with magnesium flares and a neon sign reading “LIBERTY” trailing from her aeroplane, she circled the Statue of Liberty as its floodlights were lit for the very first time. Ms. Law earned her pilot’s license in 1912, the same year that she purchased her first aircraft from Orville Wright. She was so successful a pilot that at the height of her ten-year career, she earned as much as $9000 a week for exhibition flights. Come to the Freedom Public Library to meet the first woman in America authorized to wear a military uniform (although her application to fly combat missions in WWI was turned down), the first woman to perform a loop-the-loop and to fly at night, the woman who set the American distance record for nonstop cross-country flight for both men and women.

The Friends of the Freedom Public Library is pleased to present Barbara Miles as she assumes the character and costume of this internationally accomplished patriot and pilot. The performance is made possible by a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities Council and is free and open to all ages. Refreshments will be served. Please call the Freedom Public Library at 539-5176 for more information.