On Sun, 3 Sep 2023 02:34:20 -0000 (UTC), Retrograde <
fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:
Amelia Earhart
IIRC, that flight was about earning more money.
Her husband, Putnam, George Palmer, said
"Women who earn their salt are entitled to have what they want to put
the salt on!"
Putnam, George Palmer, 1887-1950
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Because of his reputation for working with Lindbergh, he was contacted
by Amy Guest, a wealthy American living in London who wanted to
sponsor the first-ever flight by a woman across the Atlantic Ocean.
Guest asked Putnam to find a suitable candidate, and he eventually
came up with the then-unknown aviatrix, Amelia Earhart. As it turned
out, they shared many common interests: hiking, swimming, camping,
riding, tennis and golf. When Putnam first met Earhart, he was still
married to Binney. After Earhart successfully completed her flight
across the Atlantic, Putnam offered to help her write a book about her
flight, following the formula he had established with Charles
Lindbergh in the writing of "WE". The resulting Earhart book was "20
Hrs., 40 Min.," (1928). He later published Earhart's book, "The Fun of
It," (1932).
When they began writing, Putnam invited Earhart to live in his home
because he felt like it would make the process easier. Shortly after,
Binney left for South America which was followed by the divorce of
George and Dorothy Putnam in 1929. Putnam had undertaken to heavily
promote Earhart in a campaign that included a series of lecture tours
and using pictures of her image in mass market endorsements for
products including luggage, Lucky Strike cigarettes.
Putnam and Earhart made their relationship official shortly after his
divorce was finalized, but they didn't marry until 1931. Earhart's
ideas on marriage were liberal for the time as she believed in equal responsibilities for both "breadwinners" and pointedly kept her own
name rather than being referred to as Mrs. Putnam. GP, as she called
him. Earhart joined the faculty of Purdue University College of
Technology in 1935 as a visiting faculty member to counsel women on
careers and as a technical advisor to the Department of Aeronautics.
She disappeared in 1937 while on her second attempt to complete a
flight around the world.
https://archives.lib.purdue.edu/agents/people/1288
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