AirSpace Season 5, Episode 9: With a Little Help from My Friends

On a spring evening in 1933, Amelia Earhart took first lady Eleanor Roosevelt on a joyride. Imagine two women—dressed for dinner at the White House (white gloves and all)—stealing away from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave to  a nighttime flight to Baltimore. 

On this episode of AirSpace, we’re detailing the high-flying friendship of these two women – from their shared background as social workers to their mutual love of flight and advocacy of women’s empowerment and social justice. Amelia and Eleanor took being role models seriously, leading by example and using their influence to elevate important societal issues. 

 

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In This Episode: 

  • How Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt became friends in the first place.
  • Their shared background as social workers in the 1920s and 1930s, and how different that role was from today.
  • How in many ways they were influencers before influencers were a thing, using their platforms to advocate for change.

Thanks to our guests in this episode: 

  • Susan Butler, author of East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart
  • Allida Black, biographer of Eleanor Roosevelt

AirSpace is made possible by the generous support of Olay.

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