Greensboro in Guilford County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Mary Nicholson

1905-1943

Photographed by Michael Buckner, February 18, 2022

1. Mary Nicholson Marker

Inscription. Early female commercial pilot. Joined the British Air Transport Auxiliary during WWII. Died in plane crash, 1943. Her grave is 75 yards NE.

Erected 2016 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number J-119.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1943.

Location. 36° 5.388′ N, 79° 53.506′ W. Marker is in Greensboro, North Carolina, in Guilford County. It is on West Friendly Avenue west of New Garden Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5911 W Friendly Ave, Greensboro NC 27410, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont

and specifically in Piedmont Triad.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Revolutionary Oak (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); New Garden Friends Meeting (about 700 feet away); Joseph Gurney Cannon (approx. 0.2 miles away); Randall Jarrell (approx. 0.2 miles away); Guilford College (approx. 0.2 miles away); Battle of New Garden (approx. 0.2 miles away); Underground Railroad (approx. ¼ mile away); 1757 New Garden Land Purchase (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Greensboro.

Also see . . . Mary Nicholson.

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Webb Nicholson was among the earliest women to be licensed as a pilot. Her license, from the U.S. Department of Commerce, is numbered 9562 and was granted Oct. 17, 1929. (She was not, however, the first North Carolina woman to be licensed. Rockingham County native Viola Gentry, preceded Nicholson by a year and a half. Gentry’s license, issued in Feb. 25, 1928, is numbered 1822.)

(Submitted on April 3, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina.)

Credits. This page was last revised on April 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 3, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 293 times since then and 18 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on April 3, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.