Margaret Bartlett Thornton

Thornton was born on 19 November 1901 in Tonopah, Nevada to George A. Bartlett and Pearl Bartlett, and had two sisters and a brother. For two years she attended Dominican College in San Rafael, California, and later graduated from the University of Nevada. == Career ==

Aviation Thornton was a pioneer in women's aviation, which led to her befriending both Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh. In 1928 she became the second woman to travel on a commercial trans-American flight when she carried air mail from New York to Nevada. One of the first women in the United States to get her pilot's license, it was later revoked due to medical issues, ending her career in flight. She was then employed as an air travel advocate, traveling the west coast to boost interest in passenger air travel. Later she worked for T-A-T Maddux as a traffic agent, alongside Amelia Earhart. Literature Thornton's ''Women's response to aviation was published in Aeronautic Review in 1928. She was editor of the 1931 book, written by her father, Men, Women and Conflict, which was reissued in 1947 as Is Marriage Necessary? Thornton wrote poetry and had several works published, including one in the Saturday Review of Literature. Later in her life she published a book of her own poetry titled Winter of Noon''. == References ==