Title	1909-09: E. Lilian Todd's Biplane
Full Title	Miss Todd's Aeroplane Photographed in the Field in September 1909
Creator	Birdsall, K. N.
Date Created	1909-09
Decade	1900s
Index Terms	Todd, E. Lilian
Commentary	Inventor and self-made woman E. (Emma) Lilian Todd found a patron in the elderly and restless Olivia Sage. Sage, who probably came to know Todd through Helen Gould, had faith in her abilities and gave her $7,000 to design and build the plane seen here. It was constructed by Witteman Brothers of Staten Island. The Mineola Flying Field was not far from her summer home at Lawrence, Long Island, and Sage enjoyed spending hours there watching the planes fly. As she watched Todd's plane, she remarked that she saw "no reason why women should not fly as well as men." [Crocker, Mrs. Russell Sage, p. 1] [Commentary written by Dr. Ruth Crocker]
Item Description	This image is a clipping of a photograph of E. Lilian Todd's biplane on the ground. There is a person seated at the controls, possibly Miss Todd. [Item Description created by Auburn University Libraries]
Language	eng
File Name	23.jpg
Found In	Todd, Lilian. "How I Built My Aeroplane." Woman's Home Companion, November 1909, p. 11
Digital Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Mini-Collections	E. Lilian Todd Aviation Women's rights