Elizabeth Lippincott McQueen

Elizabeth's parents were the Reverend Dr. Benjamin Crispin Lippincott, who was the first superintendent of public instruction in Washington Territory, and New Jersey Methodist Episcopal Church minister; and Deborah Hand Diverty.

[3] In 1920, she witnessed seven airplanes "take the place of two British regiments of soldiers" in routing a large number of rebel Arab cavalry in the desert near Aden.

Similar organizations were soon founded in New York, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Canada, England, France, Germany, Australia, and New Zealand.

[3] In May 1929, these various groups were merged into the Women's International Association of Aeronautics (WIAA), and this organization became the principal focus of her activities for the rest of her life.

[3] In 1929, Mrs. McQueen and Lady Heath approached the Federation Aeronautique Internationale in Paris in order to have women's air records recognized.