What is Jane Briggs Hart?
'''Jane Briggs (“Janey”) Hart''' (October 21, 1921 - June 5, 2015) was an [[Americans|American]] [[aviator]]. She was the [[widow]] of Senator [[Philip A. Hart]]. She was born in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]. She was a member of the [[NASA]]'s [[Mercury 13]]. Hart was also an avid sailor and has sailed in the [[Port Huron to Mackinac Boat Race]] 15 times as part of an all-women crew.<ref>[http://www.mackinacislandnews.com/news/2010-12-11/Top_News/Born_To_Ride_Then_To_Fly_Mackinac_Islands_Jane_B_H.html Born to Ride, Then to Fly: Mackinac Island’s Jane B. Hart] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912091918/http://www.mackinacislandnews.com/news/2010-12-11/Top_News/Born_To_Ride_Then_To_Fly_Mackinac_Islands_Jane_B_H.html |date=2018-09-12 }}, Mackinac Island Town Crier, December 11, 2010.</ref> Hart died on June 5, 2015 in [[West Hartford, Connecticut]] from [[Alzheimer's disease]], aged 93.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Weil|first1=Martin|title=Jane B. Hart, strong-minded wife of senator, dies at 93|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/jane-b-hart-strong-minded-wife-of-senator-dies-at-93/2015/06/06/81dd67e4-0bfd-11e5-95fd-d580f1c5d44e_story.html|accessdate=7 June 2015|agency=Washington Post|date=6 June 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hart, Jane Briggs}} [[Category:1921 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:American activists]] [[Category:American aviators]] [[Category:Deaths from Alzheimer's disease]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Connecticut]] [[Category:People from Detroit]] {{US-bio-stub}}