Amelia Earhart was first reported missing on 2 July 1937. Despite the ongoing fascination with her disappearance, Susan Ware argues that key aspects of Amelia Earhart's life are still missing. This biography analyzes Earhart as part of the history of women and feminism. A heroine of her era, Earhart is a figure of inspiration for women today. While loving adventure, Earhart saw aviation as liberating for women. Ware also portrays Earhart as a central figure in the development of popular culture in the 20th century. With her ...
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Amelia Earhart was first reported missing on 2 July 1937. Despite the ongoing fascination with her disappearance, Susan Ware argues that key aspects of Amelia Earhart's life are still missing. This biography analyzes Earhart as part of the history of women and feminism. A heroine of her era, Earhart is a figure of inspiration for women today. While loving adventure, Earhart saw aviation as liberating for women. Ware also portrays Earhart as a central figure in the development of popular culture in the 20th century. With her husband, George Putnam, she learned how to use the media to promote herself in order to keep on flying. Consciously acting as a role model, she used her popularity to broaden horizons for women.
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Fine in NF jacket. Neither remainder nor ex-lib. Hardcover with blue paper over boards and red-brown quarter-cloth, in illustrated white and blue jacket, 8vo. 304pp. Index, endnotes, b/w plates on paper throughout text. Fine/NF. Light toning to white background of jacket, primarily toward upper sides and on spine. Book and jacket are otherwise as new: brght, tight, sharp and unmarked. Jacket in Brodart.
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Very good. A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A biography of the missing woman pilot Amelia Earhart, placing her and and her experience within the 1920s and 1930s social context of her period, her impact upon feminism and women's attitudes, herself as a role model as that of an independent woman with her own career and accomplishments, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains illustrations, notes, indexed, 304pp., remainders mark. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector. Rare. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
