Blanche Stuart Scott also known as Betty Scott, was possibly the first American

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 woman aviator

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Scott was born on April 8, 1885, in Rochester, New York

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, to Belle and John Scott (1838-?). Her father was a successful businessman who manufactured and sold patent medicine. Scott became an early enthusiast of the automobile

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. Her father bought a car and she drove it about the city in a time before there were minimum age restrictions on driving.