Who was the second woman to gain a pilot's license in the United States?

In August 1911, the United States had its second female earn an airplane pilot's license. Matilde Moisant became the second woman in the U.S. to receive her pilot's license, just a few weeks after her very good friend Harriet Quimby. Matilda was the sister of John B. Moisant, who was known as the "King of Aviators". He was an American aviator, aeronautical engineer, flight instructor, businessman, and revolutionary. As a pilot, he was the first person to conduct passenger flights over a city, as well as across the English Channel, from Paris to London. John helped to teach his sister love of flying and how to properly fly.

Becaused of her abilities, Matilde made a flight at Hempstead, N. Y., in a monoplane that she owned; she attained a height of nearly 2,500 feet during her flight. This was then the greatest altitude ever reached by a woman aviator. The flight was recorded and was made in a puffy wind where Matilde displayed remarkable skill in handling her plane.

Matilde Moisant died in 1964 in Glendale, CA. She was 85 years old and was interred in the Portal of Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.