- She was hired on staff as a theatre critic with "Leslie's Illustrated Weekly," in 1903.
- Since 2007, the Harriet Quimby story is being developed into a feature film by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Co. starring DonnaMarie Recco ('Analyze This (1999)', 'Analyze That (2002)', 'Auto Focus (2002)', produced by Thomas R. Bond II. Biograph is the same film company that Quimby was a part of in 1910.
- Harriet Quimby was also an actress and staff writer at Biograph Company between 1910 to 1912.
- A biographical book was written about Quimby by historian and author Giacinta Bradley Koontz.
- In later years Harriet Quimby was recognized for her aviation achievements on a U. S. postage stamp.
- She was best friends with actress Linda Arvidson whom she first met in San Francisco in 1900 while in the theatre there. Ardvison eventually married then actor and future director D.W. Griffith.
- On April 16, 1912, made the first flight by a woman pilot across the English Channel.
- She was the first woman in America to receive a Pilot's License in 1911.
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