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WHO HAVE BEEN OUR GREATEST WOMEN?

... in the Christian Science Monitor,” and was astounded. Some names were famous enough—Mary Baker Eddy, Helen Keller, and Amelia Earhart Putnam, for example—but I Have to admit that some of the other heroines in the list were complete strangers, and I had ...

Published: Friday 10 February 1933
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1046 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ORLD lier at MOSCOW

... in 28 hours 40 hi' Vl ° flights across the We st to east are:—Col. Lindlb ** to Paris, 3.689 miles, in P. y. 1927; Miss Amelia Earhart Utnam > Newfoundland to v,flj miles, in 13$ hours, May, f?lit ii, „ . as Mr. Mattern’s second cross- ntlc from west to ...

Published: Tuesday 06 June 1933
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 535 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

OUR LEEDS ’PHONE IS: 20207

... peep, is favoured as the only town in these islands which is to be a landing place. It was at Derry, by the way, that Amelia Earhart landed when she made her lone crossing. ...

Published: Monday 03 July 1933
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 173 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

trous conclusion of their flight, and she Is winning all hearts by her cordiality and pleasant ways. The ..

... huge bouquets of lovely flowers. A stack o ftelegrams of congratulation awaits their perusal, including one from Miss Amelia Earhart. the wellknown American airwoman, who herself flew solo from Newfoundland to Londonderry. The Union Jack is flying over ...

Published: Wednesday 26 July 1933
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 119 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Flight

... the hotel on Friday to stay with some of the many friends who have invited them. Probably their first visit will be to Amelia Earhart, the American airwoman, and her husband, Mr. George Palmer Putnam, the publisher. Mr. O’Brien, the Mayor of New York, ...

Published: Thursday 27 July 1933
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 349 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

“ SWIMMING PARTY.”

... MOLLISONS GUESTS OF AMELIA EARHART. ATLANTIC CITY, Wednesday, Despite the intense heat, Mr. and Mrs. Molllson were greeted with wild enthusiasm by a large crowd on their arrival at the airport here. They have come to be the guests of Amelia Earhart (Mrs. G. Putnam) ...

Published: Thursday 03 August 1933
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 446 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

When Body-Line Bowling Troubled Mr, Thomas,

... V. MISS EARHART. INTERNATIONAL AIRWOMEN FOR SPEED RACE. MONTREAL, Friday. Mrs. Mollison (Amy Johnson) and Mrs. Putnam (Amelia Earhart), the foremost women fliers of Great Britain and America respectively, will compete in the women’s international speed ...

Published: Saturday 12 August 1933
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 363 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

FLIGHT

... .:;V.:'n';., i0i. , ..!if..0.: . : ..:\ : . -Jo: : ,',..,,.,;,!-, Miss Amelia Earhart. ...

Published: Monday 14 January 1935
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 206 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Flight

... Markham, the colliery baronet. If she succeeds. she will be the first woman to accomplish the feat. Only one woman, Miss Amelia Earhart, the American, has accomplished the West to East flight. to-night, I expect that Mrs. Markham will be in New York in ...

Published: Saturday 05 September 1936
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 264 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

EXACTLY 24 HOURS

... EXACTLY 24 HOURS. Mrs. Markham is the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo from East to West. Mrs. G. E. Punam (Miss Amelia Earhart) d id the trip to America to ondonderry. Mrs. Markham left Abingdon (Berkshire) at 6.50 p.m. on Friday and landed at 6 ...

Published: Monday 07 September 1936
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 163 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

HERSHOLT IS NOW A STAR

... but as one ’plane had to be a special model for long-distance flying, Harry got in touch with the American airwoman, Amelia Earhart, and hired her ’plane. The French meals were ordered from the studio restaurant and kept warm in a heater on the set. ...

Published: Saturday 19 December 1936
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1651 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE CONGRESS

... porter and gardener to turn. MISS EARHARTS FINE FLIGHT. To Honolulu in 16 Hours. OAKLAND, (California), Thursday. Miss Amelia Earhart, America’s most famous airwoman, has completed the first lap of her round-the-world flight—across more than 2,000 miles ...

Published: Friday 19 March 1937
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 473 | Page: 7 | Tags: none