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The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.

Amelia Earhart

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Amelia Earhart
Age: 39 †
Born: 1897
Born: July 24
Died: 1937
Died: July 2
Aircraft Pilot
Aviator
Journalist
Memoirist
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Atchison County
Missouri
Amelia Mary Earhart
Lady Lindy
Amelia Earhart Putnam
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The lure of flying is the lure of beauty.
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The field was wet, the lane was wet, and the spirits of my mechanic and helper were damp.
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Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
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My ambition is to have this wonderful gift produce practical results for the future of commercial flying and for the women who may want to fly tomorrow's planes.
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The best way to do it, is to do it!
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So I accept these awards on behalf of the cake bakers and all of those other women who can do some things quite as important, if not more important, than flying, as well as in the name of women flying today.
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