EPISODE · May 11, 2026 · 1 MIN
Brewer's Brigadier Promotion & Quimby's Birth| May 11
from Michigan Minute
On this day in 1978, Margaret Brewer, a native of Durand, became the Marine Corps’ first woman brigadier general. Inspired by the Iwo Jima flag raisers, she joined the Marines after graduating from the University of Michigan. And in 1875, Harriet Quimby, the first licensed American female pilot, was born in Arcadia, Michigan.
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