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There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.

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
Travel Writer
Writer
Atchison County
Missouri
Amelia Mary Earhart
Lady Lindy
Amelia Earhart Putnam
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