Amelia Earhart - For my Mother, who spoke of her often

For my mom: A woman ahead of her time.

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[beachdog67]

My mother learned to fly from a barnstorming pilot when she was a teenager in the 1930s. Amelia Earhart was, of course, one of her heros.

Thanks for posting this.

[RiverBirch1967]

@beachdog67 Really? What did she say was her best reason/experience for flying?

[beachdog67]

@RiverBirch1967 Y'know? Other than reminiscing about flying as one example of how adventurous and ambitious her life was before the war, she really didn't say much about it. Sadly, I believe she was one of that generation of women who, pressured by the "societal norms" of the time, made the decision to subordinate her dreams and goals to support the direction of the man she married. In some ways, I guess that worked out well. But later in life I think she wondered about roads not taken.

[RiverBirch1967]

@beachdog67 Beachy this is a good point you have made about society's norms and expectations of women. She defied that and I feel that is one reason she was called "Glamorous of the Skies." Women did admire her but society still put them into marriage and children and "barefoot in the kitchen" but they had their OWN minds, like to admire Amelia and all she did. Roads not taken..... as you said..... but could they have been taken by the ordinary, or did it take an extra-ordinary woman?

[camarosbob]

Very nice video. My Mom also used to talk about Amelia Earhart and was very independent, ahead of her time person, with a positive can do attitude toward anything new and in that sense reminded me of what I read and heard about Amelia.

[RiverBirch1967]

@camarosbob Amen to that!!!!!

[guazzone1977]

amelia south america remember thanks for you inspirations montevideo uruguay amelia is idol and inspiration for new generations

[steffidude]

I feel that Amelia Earhart was the prettiest woman who ever lived.

[beachdog67]

@RiverBirch1967 Yes. I think it was a LOT more difficult for women then to pursue their aspirations. For socio-political reasons I truly cannot begin to fathom the society, generally speaking, had completely bought into a rigid patriarchal model. I am truly grateful to have lived in an era when we took great strides toward dismantling that amazingly un-useful structure.

[RiverBirch1967]

I will do that for sure.

[RiverBirch1967]

This is a different sort of answer than I am used to. Thank you for commenting, though.