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"She really pushed aviation ahead and let people know that women could do it, too. " Midge Sherwood was a college student in Columbia, Mo. , when she interviewed Earhart just before she embarked on her last journey. "I just stood there and listened and after the (news conference) she pointed her finger at me and said, You there . Adidas Stan Smith Mid Brown

Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic but she also had been a nurse's aide, treating the wounded of World War I. She was the first to solo from Hawaii to California, but she also designed clothes and luggage. She was the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross, but she also wrote poetry and edited an aviation column for Cosmopolitan magazine. "She's still someone we look up to," said Bertie Duffy, past chairwoman of the San Fernando Valley Ninety Nines International Organization of Women Pilots, which Earhart co founded and presided over.

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"She was a remarkable woman and very much for the advancement of women. " Kelsey Lomen, a 16 year old pilot from Eagle Rock and member of the Ninety Nines, said Earhart's influence isn't lost on the young. Kelsey said she would like to become a charter plane pilot. Earhart "was a pioneer and I think the influence she's had on the world will be re introduced by the movie," she said. Ceci Stratford, also a member of Stan Smith Pink the Ninety Nines, said Earhart's spirit motivated her to get her pilot's license in 1975, then go on to teach flying and mentor young people at Whiteman Airport in Pacoima. "She w. Adidas Stan Smith Gum

ound a home and they planned on staying there. " While several theories persist, it is widely believed that Earhart and navigator Paul Noonan disappeared near Howland Island in the Pacific Ocean in 1937 while attempting to circle the world at the equator. She was 39. While she set records for her aviation feats, her accomplishments went far beyond that field. Flier had other talents Adidas Stan Smith Green Women