Month: November 2009

Amelia Earhart · Aviatrix · Springfield

"It just doesn’t do to wear skirts in these." – Amelia in Springfield –

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Amelia Earhart brought her controversial self to Springfield, Missouri in June of 1931 ... which begs the question, where was the municipal airport in 1931??? “Not rebuked, Amelia says,” Springfield (Mo.) Press, June 20, 1931, page 1. A slim sunburned girl Saturday landed her yellow auto-giro at Municipal airport and chatted in a friendly manner… Continue reading "It just doesn’t do to wear skirts in these." – Amelia in Springfield –

Author · Fannie Hurst · Jewish · Movies · New Mt. Sinai Cemetery · St. Louis · Washington University

Fannie Hurst

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Fun fact: one of the 2 highest paid authors (male or female) in 1925 grew up in Missouri: Fannie Hurst. No, not from the publishing family, rather, a child born to Jewish immigrants, who grew up as a sheltered only child and graduated from Washington University in 1909. Fannie had a thirst for social knowledge.… Continue reading Fannie Hurst