She provided the funding for the Aerial Experimental Association, which was established to construct Canada’s first heavier-than-air vehicle.
Mabel Gardiner Bell, who was married to Alexander Graham Bell, was one of the first deaf children in the United States to be taught to both lip-read and speak. Many of his family members have gone on to have successful careers in a wide range of fields, including aeronautical research, journalism, medicine, and the military. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, has a remarkable legacy that has continued through his descendants.
