Winifred Spooner (1900-1933): female aviation pioneer
Winifred Spooner was born at Woolwich in Kent on 11 September 1900, the fifth child and only daughter of Major Walter Boulton Spooner and Annie (née Kirk). From 1916 to 1918, Winifred attended Sherborne Girls’ School, boarding at Aldhelmsted West. After briefly studying domestic science at Reading University she worked for a short time at a … Read more