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Amelia Earhart: Our Model for 'the Century of Women'

Jane Mendelsohn: Earhart's image can lead the way

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 10, 2012 3:36 PM CDT

(Newser) – Amelia Earhart was so much more than a daring pilot who tried to circumnavigate the globe. She was "a symbol, a myth, a star on which to hang our fantasies," writes Jane Mendelsohn in the New York Times. Mendelsohn "was inspired by...   Read full story »

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