Women were among the early Alaska aviators, making use of planes and other modes of transportation for services and supporting lifestyles, as well as being early advocates of western tourism, and establishing and running lodges and camps.
Learn More:
- Ginny Wood and Celia Hunter, whose experiences included flying for the U.S. Womens’ Army Corps during WWII, and establishing “Camp Denali,” among the first Alaska eco-tourism lodges https://alaskaconservation.org/about/people/history-founders/celia-hunter/
- Ellen Paneok, Alaska’s first native woman bush pilot, Pioneer Aviators Project Jukebox at: https://jukebox.uaf.edu/site7/ellen-paneoks-slideshow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Paneokhttp://alaskawomenshalloffame.org/alumnae/?cn-s=Ellen+Paneok - Early Alaska women aviators: Marvel Crosson, Pioneer Air Museum http://www.pioneerairmuseum.org/blog/daring-dames-marvel-crosson-pioneer-pilot
- Early Alaska women aviators who were also flight instructors include Irene Ryan, and Ruth Jefford at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Jefford
- Rusty Scott (Dow) Alaska truckdriver during the depression and WWII at: https://www.echoak.com/2018/12/pioneer-rusty-dow-claimed-many-firsts/#:~:text=Benzie%20Ola%20Scott%20was%20born,drive%20through%20the%20Whittier%20tunnel.
- Eliza Scidmore, the first female writer, photographer, and board member of the National Geographic Society, who travelled and wrote about Glacier Bay and published two articles about the Alaska-Canada boundary dispute (Century Magazine 1891, 1896), at:https://alaskahistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AHS-News-Summer-2020.pdf
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Importance of roadhouses along the Historic Roads of Alaska at: http://www.dot.state.ak.us/stwddes/desenviron/assets/pdf/historic/Book_Historic_Roads_2017.pdf
Last updated: August 5, 2020