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On May 20, 1932, Amelia Earhart began the world’s first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic, starting in Newfoundland and ending in Ireland. Lyndon Baty and the Robot That Saved Him – The story of a young man (born with PKD) who uses a robot to attend school. Show More Summary

On This Day in MMA History: Carina Damm, The Amelia Earhart of WMMA Steroid Busts

"On This Day in MMA History" pays tribute to some of the more bizarre and infamous news stories of MMA's past. The following article was originally published on May 15th, 2008, five years ago today. Carina Damm Proves That Steroid Controversies Aren’t Just For Men Anymore It’s almost always a good thing to be the first woman to do something. Show More Summary

Photographer Takes Portraits of Her 5-Year-Old Daughter Dressed as Famous Women from History

Amelia Earhart To commemorate her daughter Emma’s fifth birthday, and to provide her with strong role models, photographer Jaime Moore took portraits of the girl dressed as five great women from history. I wanted her to know the value of these amazing women who had gone against everything so she can now have everything. We [...]

How Ophira Eisenberg slept her way to monogamy

Whatever you do, don't call Ophira Eisenberg a comedienne. That's an outdated, patronizing term from an era when men patted women on the head (or, unsolicited, on the ass) and called Amelia Earhart a aviatrix. If only her fiancé, now husband, had known that before he compiled a spreadsheet of every women he had slept [...]

New Book Shares Insights from Steve Jobs’ First Boss

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When Steve Jobs adopted “think different” as Apple’s mantra in the late 1990s, the company’s ads featured Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan, Amelia Earhart and a constellation of other starry-eyed oddballs who reshaped society. Show More Summary

N. Hoolywood Fall Winter 2013 Runway

Amelia Earhart and the 1930?s inspire Japan’s N. Hoolywood menswear collection for Fall Winter 2013. Classic flight boots are paired well with everything from flight suits to tailored suiting for post-flight affairs. Check the roomy trousers and leather jackets in… N. Hoolywood Fall Winter 2013 Runway is a post by Jeff Carvalho on Selectism.

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The aviatrix who taught Amelia Earhart how to fly.

Helen Davey: Horizons Unlimited: True Stories of Trauma and Triumph

As a psychoanalyst, I'm always struck by the fact that truth is much more fascinating than fiction. The real story of Dorothy and George Putnam and Amelia Earhart is a poignant, heartbreaking, and absorbing tale about real people living amazing lives.

Helen Davey: Horizons Unlimited: True Stories of Trauma and Triumph

As a psychoanalyst, I'm always struck by the fact that truth is much more fascinating than fiction. The real story of Dorothy and George Putnam and Amelia Earhart is a poignant, heartbreaking, and absorbing tale about real people living amazing lives.

Watch Now! Cruising Amelia Earhart in "The Okay List"

Tags: Heather Pieske Sarah Pappalardo The Okay List Amelia Earhart Joan of Arc We're loving The Okay List, a new lesbian w ebseries in which two women (Heather Pieske and Sarah Pappalardo) hit on some of our favorite iconic historical...Show More Summary

The Promise and Peril of Having Your Very Existence Erased

History is filled with stories of strange and unexplained disappearances. From Amelia Earhart’s fateful flight into the Bermuda Triangle to the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh and the band O-Town, humanity’s timeline is littered with instances wherein people have simply… vanished.…

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Amelia Earhart's Prenup

Dan Savage applauds her monogamish take on marriage. Lori Adelman is also impressed: Reading through the document, one thing becomes very clear: this woman had a clear sense of what she wanted out of a marriage. And I find much...

Hitched: On Prenups

When I first read what folks are calling Amelia Earhart’s “prenup,” I was sure it was too good to be true: here is, in 1931 or thereabouts, a woman telling her fiancé in no uncertain terms that she doesn’t necessarily intend to be faithful to him, that her career comes first and that she intends [...]

Evening Feeding: Incredible Dad Battled Gunmen While Fiance & Newborn Hid in a Closet

Guns are no match for a father with a newborn. (The Stir) Tim honored holiday traditions. (Babble) Amelia Earhart’s surprisingly modern prenup. (DoubleX) AJ McLean debuts newborn daughter Ava. (Celeb Baby Laundry) 10 reasons to call the doctor now. Show More Summary

Amelia Earhart’s 1930s Prenup Was Amazingly Modern, Slutty

Don't you hate it when you find out things about your heroes that kind of ruin them for you, like the fact that Margaret Sanger was a racist asshole? You're in luck today, then, because Feminsting has gotten a hold of groundbreaking lady pilot Amelia Earhart's 1930s prenuptial agreement, and it is the opposite of that. Show More Summary

"I shall not hold you to any medieval code of faithfulness to me nor shall I consider myself bound to you similarly."

Amelia Earhart was monogamish before monogamish was cool. Feministing Wondering what a feminist icon living in the earlier half of the 1900?s thought about love and marriage? Look no further than the document above, a letter from Earhart...Show More Summary

Amelia Earhart's Surprisingly Modern Prenup

The publisher George Palmer Putnam proposed to Amelia Earhart six times before she agreed to marry him. First, she served him a letter detailing “some things which should be writ before we are married.” She would not be faithful: “IShow More Summary

Amelia Earhart Had a Pretty Badass Prenup

Amelia Earhart knew what she wanted, and what she wanted was love, independence, and possibly a piece on the side. More »

Amelia Earhart on Marriage

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