A Celebration of Amelia's Life

Amelia Mary Earhart Putnam's career as a world-famous ...
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Learn about the Coast Guard ship Itasca waiting for Amelia to Arrive.
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Vice Admiral Michelle Howard first Arican American woman to reach rank of three-star officer. A trailblazer her entire Naval career, Vice Admiral Michelle Howard has become the first African American woman in the U.S. armed forces to reach the rank of a three-star officer...
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Florene Miller Watson is the first commanding officer of the Women Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS)/Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) 5th Ferrying Group...
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Betty Jane, B. J. Williams, retired as a Lt. Colonel, USAF. She received her pilot's license in June 1941 after winning a flight scholarship in the federally sponsored, non-college Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPT). . . . .
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Jerrie Mock was the first woman to fly solo around the world ?
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