I Am Not Mrs. Putnam

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After officially marrying in 1931, Earhart still wanted to keep her maiden name. When the New York Times wrote an article, “Mrs. Putnam flies Atlantic in record time” when she crossed the Atlantic, she wrote a letter to the publisher Arthur Hays Sulzberger. She requested that she would be referred to as Amelia Earhart. She wanted to make a name for herself and not involve her husband’s name.

The 99s Are Still Alive

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Amelia Earhart had always wanted to prove that women can achieve whatever men could, which was not something popular during her time. She put an effort into making this happen and established an organization, the Ninety-Nines. Peculiar name right? Well, from the 285 licensed American female pilots back, 99 along with Earhart came together to support one another. The organization is now international, spreading across 44  countries.

Pop Icon

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Since she had contributed so much in the field of female empowerment, Amelia Earhart has had quite her share in pop culture. A song called “Amelia” had been written and performed by Joni Mitchell. “I was thinking of Amelia Earhart and addressing it from one solo pilot to another…sort of reflecting on the cost of being a woman,” Mitchell explained. Earhart has also been portrayed in popular movies such as ‘Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian’ and ‘Amelia’, respectively by Amy Adams and Hilary Swank.

Her Stolen Car

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After so many years since Amelia Earhart’s disappearance, her vintage car went out of trace back in 2018. This was such a rare car with just 14 models of this green and black 1932 Hudson Essex Terraplane to exist. Her car, now owned by car collector Jim Somers, was later found in an L.A. neighborhood after a week of going missing. This car is now estimated to be worth about $250,000 and half a million bucks.

Eaten By Crabs?

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With Tighar spending 13 separate expeditions to the island of Nikumaroro in the hope of discovering Amelia Earhart’s remains, there is a chance that the giant coconut crabs living there might have done it first. Inverse Science claims that these crabs may have eaten her corpse long time back. Though there is no proof of this, Tighar still wants to find out everything and anything relating to this intriguing topic…

New Findings

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Richard Jantz, who is a professor of the University of Tennessee, has a strong feeling that the bones actually do belong to Amelia Earhart. Though the discovered bones were not examined after their 1940 analysis, Jantz ran through them in the form of a collection of photos. Even though he cannot study it firsthand, he was certain he could identify the gender and ancestry using the computer.