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Mary Fechet, 1929

Earhart paved the way for other women to enter aviation

CREDIT: "Miss Mary Fechet, daughter of the Chief of the Air Corps, half-length portrait, standing alongside airplane, facing left." Feb. 19, 1929. National Photo Company Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.



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