Letter, 1937, to George Palmer Putnam
| Description: |
Note written by Amelia Earhart to George Palmer Putnam, explaining why she felt she must make the flight, “I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others,” ca. 1937 [photograph [?] mounted on cardboard] |
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| Origin: | 1937 |
| Created By: |
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937; |
| Contributor(s): |
Putnam, George Palmer, 1887-1950; |
| Publisher: |
Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections |
| Source: |
http://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/cdm/ref/collection/earhart/id/266 |
| Collection: |
Amelia Earhart Papers (George Palmer Putnam Collection) |
| Copyright: |
Rights held by Purdue University Libraries |
| Subjects: |
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937--Correspondence Putnam, George Palmer, 1887-1950--Correspondence Flights around the world Women |
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