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page 114: In June Amelia ...:
Aeronautical Digest,
July 1923.
page 115: “has declared its intention ...”: Ibid.
page 115: Tis a wonderful thing ...: Fragment of unidentified newspaper.
page 115: Bert Kinner was so successful ...:
Ace,
Feb. 1924.
page 115: When her old friend ...: Ibid.
page 115: had agreed to be engaged.: AE quoted in
NYT,
June 8, 1928: “We have been engaged for four years.”
Breaking Through
page 117: Three days after their arrival ...: AE,
20H,
p. 89.
page 117: It was not until the spring term, ...: Columbia University records.
page 117: so severely debilitated ...: Stabler interview.
page 118: “It seems odd that a family ... : Ibid.
page 118: to watch the eclipse of the sun ...: The eclipse was January 25.
page 118: Now Amelia enrolled in only two, ...: Columbia University records.
page 119: she had received a letter ...: AE, letter to Lloyd Royer; given to author by Vivian Smedad; the date AE received it is noted on envelope.
page 119: she knew he was equally strapped, ...: John Underwood,
Madcaps, Millionaires and “Mose,”
p. 31.
page 119: “I inserted a little French poetry.”: AE,
FOI,
p. 22.
page 119: “conditional on ...”: Columbia University records.
page 120: earning three credits ...: Harvard University records.
page 120: the pioneer investigator ...: Barbara Sicherman and Carol Hurd Green, eds.
Notable American Women,
pp. 303-306.
page 121: “No, I did not get into M.I.T ...”: AE, letter to Marian Stabler, IWASML
page 122: 27,759 foreigners ...: Massachusetts Department ofEducation. AE was employed by the Educational Service Bureau, at 100 Boyston Street, according to WEIU files, SLRC.
page 122: “an office class ...: WEIU collection, SLRC.
page 122: That month Amelia began working ...: Ibid.
page 122: Lucy Challiss passed through Boston ...: LC, diary, June 1926.
page 122: founded in 1884 by Dr. Henry R. Stedman, ...: Obituary, Dr. H. R. Stedman, May 29, 1909, unidentified newspaper, Bournewood files.
page 122: “Personal attention and influence suitably directed ...”: Dr. Henry R. Stedman, “The Art of Companionship in Mental Nursing,” paper presented at the Boston Psychopathic Hospital, Bournewood files.
page 122: sugar pellets to a patient ...: AE,
FOI,
p. 23.
page 123: “I did not see then ...”: Ibid.
page 123: “Work too confining ...”: WEIU files, SLRC.
page 123: “She leaves to increase her salary, ...:” Ibid.
page 123: history of the WEIU: Ibid.
page 123: “to increase fellowship among women ...”: history of the WEIU by Diane Goldman and Mary Hilderbrand who assembled the collection for the SLRC.
page 123: “to be as competent ...”: WEIU files, SLRC.
page 123: still gamely pasting ...: AE scrapbook. Two articles dated 1925, SLRC.
page 124: “Teaching English to Foreigners, ...”: AE's registration card, WEIU.
page 124: “A remarkable man ...”: AE, black book, SLRC.
page 124: I have had five years... ”: AE's registration card, in WEIU.
page 125: she gave only her two most recent jobs ...: Letter dated Aug. 10, 1926, from Biddle and Smart to the WEIU, SLRC.
page 125: Miss Amelia M. Earhart is ...: WEIU files, SLRC.
page 125: “Holds a sky pilots license?” ...: Ibid.
page 125: “My God,” he said to Eleanor ...: Doris Kearns Goodwin,
No Ordinary Time,
p. 96.
page 126: “Hull house was soberly opened ...”: Jane Addams,
Twenty Years at Hull
House, p. 90.
page 126: Information about Vida Scudder, Katherine Coman, and Emily Balch.: Barbara Sicherman and Carol Hurd Green,
Notable American Women, The Modern Period: A Biographical Dictionary,
pp. 41-45, 636-638.
Who Was Who, in America,
vol. I, 1897-1942, p. 247.
page 127: “Not philanthropy but...”: Denison House records, 1891-1961, SLRC.
page 127: “and a part-time one would do, ...”: Marion Perkins, introduction to AE,
20H.
page 128: When the popular “mayor” ...:
Boston Herald,
Aug. 22, 1927, SLRC.
page 128: Chinese restaurant on one side ...: Boston Atlas, 1928, Rare Books Room, Boston Library.
page 128: in charge of adult education ...: DH report, Oct. 1927-28, SLRC.
page 128: “The House is no longer a power outside, ...”: Ibid.
page 129: One of Amelia's tasks ...: AE,
FOI,
p. 15.
page 129: “I can still see her, ...”:
Boston Sunday Advertiser,
Mar. 23, 1975, SLRC.
page 129: This remarkable institution, ...: Annual Report 1926, Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind.
page 129: she thereupon spent several hours a week ...: John Burke,
Winged Legend,
p. 70.
page 129: “She never had any favorites, ...: ”Notes from the Field,”
Neighborhood: A Settlement Quarterly,
no date.
page 129: Under her guidance ...:
Neighborhood: A Settlement Quarterly,
Jan. 1928.
page 130: “under racial traditions that cut them off ...”:
Cosmopolitan,
Nov. 1928.
page 130: simply furnished, but it had windows ...: Barbara Washburn (who lived in the room after Amelia), letter to author, Sept. 11, 1989.
page 130: She prevailed on George Ludlam ...: JM,
LITHW,
VII p. 15, SLRC.
page 130: The punctilious housekeeper ...: JM,
LITHW,
VIII p. 14, SLRC.
page 130: Amelia fitted in a visit from Nancy Balis, ...: Morse interview.
page 130: Six hundred boys and girls ...: DH report, Oct. 1927-28, SLRC.
page 131: It is from this period ...: AE,
20H,
pp. 16-17.
page 131: “as one of the most thoughtful and promising ...”: “New Settlement Leadership,”
Neighborhood: A Settlement Quarterly,
July 1928.
page 132: Cleveland Amory remarking on ...: Cleveland Amory,
Proper Bostonians,
p. 98.
page 133: Amelia had planned to do the stunt incognito, ...: Marion Perkins, introduction to AE,
20H,
p. 13.
page 133: the newspapers wrote it up: ...:
Boston Herald,
May 26, 1927.
page 133: “Flies over ...”: Undated clipping, DH file, SLRC.
page 133: Two paragraphs were devoted to her; ...:
Boston Herald,
July 3, 1927.
page 134: “The field opens on Tuesday...”: AE, letter to Marian Stabler, Aug. 1, 1927, IWASML.
page 134: “New England has some of the best ...”:
Boston Herald,
July 3, 1927.
page 134: It was at that time ...: Marion Perkins, introduction to AE,
20H,
p. 14.
page 134: had spent her residency ...: JM,
LITHW,
VIII p. 9, SLRC.
page 135: “and spend next summer ...”: AE, letter to Bert Kinner, Nov. 27, 1927, in Muriel Morrissey and Carol Osborne,
Amelia,
My Courageous Sister, p. 77.
page 135: Amy would lay on a breakfast ...: JM,
LITHW,
VIII pp. 8-9, SLRC.
page 136: a photo of Ruth Nichols, ...:
Boston Herald,
Aug. 27, 1927.
page 136: “May I introduce myself...”: Ruth Nichols,
Wings for Life,
p. 94.
page 137: stated her mission to the waiting reporter....:
Boston Herald,
Oct. 2, 1927.
page 137: Amelia was perfect ...: Amory,
Proper Bostonians,
p. 281.
page 137: “a curly headed girl ...”:
Bostonian,
May 1928.
page 138: “While women are hopelessly adventurous, ...”: AE,
Bostonian,
May 1928.
page 138: asked her to fill out a biography ...: BET, June 4, 1928.
page 139: “The cause of the following ...”: Julia Railey, in BET, June 23, 1928.
page 139: “with her unusual interest ...”: Boston chapter, National Aeronautic Association (NAA); NAA file in NASM.
page 139: serve with Commander Richard Byrd ...:
Aeronautic Review,
June 1928.
page 139: “as strong a dose ...”: AE, 20H, p. 90.
Dreams of Glory
page 143: “I woke that afternoon, ...: Charles Lindbergh,
The Spirit of St. Louis,
p. 501.
page 144: “An epoch in air history ...”: Augustus Post, reprinted in
Aviation for Boys.
page 144: “Our publicity machine ...”: Walter Lippman, 1927, quoted in
Vanity Fair: A Cavalcade of the 1920s and 1930s,
p. 121.
page 144: “marked the end ...”: Harry F. Guggenheim,
The Seven Skies,
p. 216.
page 144: In the twelve months following ...: Edward Jablonski,
Atlantic Fever.
page 145: famous for her gowns ...:
Boston Herald,
Aug. 31, 1927.
page 145: Front-page headlines ...:
NYT,
Mar. 14, 1928
page 146: “I have no wish ...”:
NYT,
Oct. 17, 1927.
page 147: On March 5, ...:
NYT,
Mar. 6, 1928.
page 147: “there was an understanding ...”:
NYT,
Mar. 28, 1928.
page 148: “launched the family ...”: Peggy Phipps Boegner and Richard Gachot,
Halcyon Days.
page 148: By the end of the safari, ...: Bror Blixen,
The Africa Letters,
p. 34.
page 148: To her cousin Peggy Phipps Boegner, ...: Peggy Phipps Boegner and Richard Gachot,
Halcyon Days,
p. 192.
page 149: “Brave as a lion ...”: Mrs. Pope Guest, interview with author.
page 149: regularly flew off ...: Judy Lomax,
Women of the Air,
p. 50.
page 149: It “just wouldn't do ...”: Diana Guest Manning, interview with author.
page 149: summoned David T. Layman, ...: The plane cost $62,000; the buyer of record was the Mechanical Science Corporation. Richard S. Allen manuscript, NASM.
page 150: By that time ...: Manning interview.
page 150: “When the Gods fashioned Dick Byrd ...”: Hilton Railey,
Touch'd with Madness,
p. 110.
page 150: according to Phipps family history, ...: Manning interview.
page 151: “Keep my ship, ...”: JM,
LITHW,
IX p. 4, SLRC.
page 151: on his way by ferry to Miller field ...: GPP,
WM,
p. 292. George had snared for Putnam's, Charles Lindbergh's
We,
Billy Mitchell's
Skyways,
Richard Byrd's
Skyward,
Sir Arthur Whitten Brown's
Flying the Atlantic in Sixteen Hours,
and Captain George Wilkins's
Flying the Arctic.
page 151: “instantly” saw the possibilities....: GPP,
WM,
p. 293.
page 151: “Pull your chair over....”: Railey,
Touch'd with Madness,
p. 100.
page 152: “Pretty much at the moment ...”: GPP,
WM,
p. 293.
page 152: “visibly relieved,” ...: GPP,
WM,
p. 293; JM,
LITHW,
IX p. 77, SLRC.
page 152: “All I have to say ...”: JM,
LITHW,
IX p. 7, SLRC.
page 152: Undeterred, Putnam pressed on ...: Hilton Railey,
Touch'd With Madness,
p. 100; GPP,
Soaring Wings,
p. 52. Putnam and Railey give different versions of how this came about; this is Putnam's. According to Railey, Putnam knew only that there was a plane in East Boston; Putnam told Railey to find it, pumping the pilot until he gave him Layman's name, at which point they went to Layman.
page 153: “Why, yes,” Admiral Belknap said ...: Railey,
Touch'd with Madness,
p. 101.
page 153: “She never ...”: JM,
LITHW,
SLRC. MEM writes in
CITP
that Nichols's health was the reason, but there was nothing the matter with her, by Nichols's own account.
page 153: “I had to come out with it ...”: Railey,
Touch'd with Madness,
p. 103.
page 153: Amelia asked him for references ...: AE, 20H, p. 97.
page 153: She was wearing a brown wool suit ...: Kathleen Moore Kennedy, interview with author.
page 153: “I felt that I had discovered ...”: Railey,
Touch'd with Madness,
p. 102.
page 154: On April 24 Amelia wrote to Ruth Nichols, ...: Ruth Nichols,
Wings for Life,
pp. 94-95.
page 154: On May 2 she wrote to Hilton Railey: ...: Railey,
Touch'd with Madness,
p. 104.
page 155: Why aren't we doing something notable ...: Mary Lovell,
The Sound of Wings,
pp. 51-52.
page 155: “Today the Boston Chapter of the NAA ...”:
BET,
June 6, 1928.
page 155: Zonta, a service organization for businesswomen ...: Zonta history, from Zonta Souvenir Book, 1980.
page 156: Amelia's application for membership ...: Files of Boston Zonta.
page 156: “a social worker who flies for sport ...”: Nichols,
Wings for Life,
p. 24.
page 156: “making one telephone call ...”: AE,
LF,
p. 9.
page 157: Nevertheless he took her over to 787 ...: JM,
LITHW,
SLRC; AE,
20H,
p. 100.
page 157: “Why do you want ...”: JM,
LITHW,
IX, SLRC.
page 158: “The Phippses had gotten her ...”: JM,
LITHW,
SLRC.
page 158: So when John Phipps appeared ...: JM,
LITHW,
IX p. 8, SLRC. There are very slight variations in the manuscript. This seems the earliest and therefore most reliable version.

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