To be the first woman to make the solo trip. Smithsonian national air and Space Museum Curator Dorothy Cochrane discusses some of the theories around her disappearance. Good evening. Im lauren with Smithsonian Associates and im so glad youve joined us for tonights program. To members im glad youre here. Its your ongoing support that make events like this possible. Any of you joining us for the first time a warm welcome and the opportunity to explore the wide range of programs we offer. Now is a perfect time to turn off your cell phones. Thank you for doing that. 85 years ago this month Amelia Earhart became the first aviator to fly solo from honolulu, hawaii to oakland, california. On may 21st, 1932, exactly five years after american aviator Charles Lindbergh floyd solo across the atlantic ocean, earhart became the first woman to repeat that feat. We are thrilled to welcome Dorothy Cochrane. She curates the collections of general aviation aircraft, flight material, aerial cameras and h
do it for us tonight. thanks very much for being with us. forgive me for having a weird husky voice, which comes from but i just want to thank you for that hour, that 40 minutes with e. jean and this amazing legal team. because roberta kaplan, sean crowley, when you get into reading the transcript of this case, as you know, they re even better than you think. it s like, this is going well, oh no, it s going much, much better, because they re so sharp in every twist and turn in those transcripts all the way through. and it s just an amazing legal team. so i m glad they re all here as a team, because they are three remarkable people there who made this happen. and we can see from the outside, like you said, looking at transcripts, seeing how unflappable and professional and disciplined and prepared they were. but to see e. jean grab both of their hands and call them indestructible, knowing what they ve been through together and the prep they went through with her and knowin
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I have been through four president ial campaigns. Both candidates inevitably are drawn by the diversified nature of their part to compromise a little. This is true always of both candidates. I felt that general eisenhower had made no more compromises than necessary to bring all the divergent elements of one great party together. To some voters, this is disillusioning. Two people who understand politics, it is the nature of our twoparty system. Sylvia jukes morris, your second book on Clare Boothe Luce starts where . In 1952, i dont know what month that was but in november of 1952, eisenhower appointed her ambassador to italy. She had always wanted a position like that because she loved italy. She had been there many times. She had been during the war and also as a tourist. The book doesnt begin there. The last book ended where she was elected to congress. The current book describes her arrival at Union Station in january of 1943 as a representative from connecticut. Why is Clare Boothe