What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Edith Maud Cook 1878–1910 the first woman pilot in Britain was born here 1st September 1878 Recorded plaque organisation: Ipswich Society.
Edith Maud Cook, born in 1878, is remembered as the first woman pilot in Britain, pioneering women's participation in aviation.
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