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Geneve Lucy Angela Shaffer (July 20, 1888 - December 13, 1976) was a realtor, lecturer and author. In 1909 she was touted by the San Francisco Call as "the first woman in the world to sail in a flying machine".[1]
Early life anf family
Geneve Lucy Angela Shaffer was born on July 20, 1888, in Wisconsin. Her father was William Chase Shaffer, an associate of Thomas Edison and inventor of a sprinkler system.[2]
At the beginnig of the 1900s Geneve was living with her mother and brother at 302 Holyoke street, San Francisco. Her brother was Cleve T. Shaffer (1885-1964), with whom she built a flying machine.[1] Cleve T. Shaffer was the leading aviation figure in the United states in 1911. He was one of the first five members of the International Planetary Society, honorary President of the San Francisco Soaring Society and founder of the National Tank Defense League. He developed "Tai Shan", a country estate near Los Gatos, California.[3]
On August 22, 1909, Geneve and Cleve Shaffer flew Cleve's aeroplane in the San Bruno hills near San Francisco. During one of her ascensions she made the first aerial photographs of Oakland and San Francisco. She also worked with Cleve in his Shaffer Aero Manufacturing Co., serving as secretary and chief rigger. In Autumn 1909 Geneve was co-pilot of balloonist Ivy Baldwin of the balloon "The Pride of San Francisco", but the ballon crashed down in the water. [4] After that Geneve gave up aviation.[5]
Shaffer attended the San Francisco Polytechnic High School and was a member of the Phi Alpha Kappa sorority and she then attended a finishing school at Jamestown, New York.[3]
Career
Geneve L. A. Shaffer traveled all over the world and was a Hearst correspondent in the Orient.[2]
Shaffer lectured in India, Australia, in the northern part of Africa and in many European countries.[2]
Shaffer specialized in the building of sky scrapers.[2]
Shaffer was a member of: American Woman's Club (London), San Francisco Women's Athletic Club, California Writers Club, Speech Arts Club, American Pen Women.[2]
Shaffer is the author of The Log of the Empire State.
In 1939, Shaffer was appointed to serve as a member of the State Real Estate Advisory Board, which cooperated with the state Department of Real Estate (DRE) in regulating the industry.[6]
In 1969 Shaffer wrote her biography, Geneve, published by Vantage Press.[7]
Personal life
Geneve L. A. Shaffer lived at 560 Sutter St., San Francisco, California.[2]
On December 17, 1961, Shaffer married John C. Parsons, 22 years older than her.[3]
Geneve Shaffer Parsons died on December 13, 1976.
References
- ^ a b "May Be First Women to Sail in an Aeroplane BRAVE GIRL AVIATOR". San Francisco Call. 106 (71). 1909.
- ^ a b c d e f Binheim, Max; Elvin, Charles A (1928). Women of the West; a series of biographical sketches of living eminent women in the eleven western states of the United States of America. p. 82. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c "CLEVE T. SHAFFER". Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ^ "United States Women in Aviation through World War I". Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ^ Lebow, Eileen F. (2002). Before Amelia: Women Pilots in the Early Days of Aviation. Potomac Books, Inc. p. 416. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ^ California Association of Realtors (1997). California Real Estate, Volumes 77-79. p. 74. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ^ Thomas, Gordon; Morgan-Witts, Max (2014). The San Francisco Earthquake: A Minute-by-Minute Account of the 1906 Disaster. Open Road Media. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
