Laura Ingalls (Aviator)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Laura Houghtaling Ingalls (1901 - January 10, 1967) was a female pilot of the 1930s. She served time at the West Virginia Women's Reformatory in Alderson, West Virginia for violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, by not registering as a German agent. She was sentenced on February 20, 1942, to between eight months and two years. She was transferred from the District of Columbia jail to the Alderson prison on July 14, 1943. She was released on October 5, 1943. Ingalls applied for a presidential pardon and her application was supported by Edward V. Rickenbacker, but she was never able to receive clemency. Her most well-known flights were made in 1934 and earned her a Harmon Trophy. She died on January 10, 1967 in Burbank, California, aged 66.