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Amelia Earhart lived in Medford while working as a social worker in 1925. Elizabeth Short, the victim of an infamous Hollywood murder and who became known as The Black Dahlia, was born in Hyde Park (the southernmost neighborhood of the city of Boston, Massachusetts) but raised in Medford before going to the West Coast looking for fame.
Muriel Earhart Morrissey (December 29, 1899 – March 2, 1998), the younger sister of aviator Amelia Earhart, was a high school teacher, author, and activist. [1] After her sister disappeared on a flight across the Pacific in 1937, Earhart spent decades biographing Amelia's life and managing her legacy. [2]
Denison House was established in 1892, donated by Cornelia Warren, [1] as one of the earliest branches of the College Settlements Association. [note 1] The CSA had been founded in 1887 by a small group of Wellesley College faculty and alumnae including noted pacifist Emily Greene Balch, labor organizer Vida Scudder, and the writer and college professor Katharine Lee Bates. [2]
“An Astonishing Ocean Discovery May Have Just Ended the 86-Year Search for Amelia Earhart,” wrote this magazine. “3 Miles Down, a Potential Clue to Earhart’s Fate” reported the New York ...
In June 1928 Earhart became the first woman to fly, as a passenger, [34] across the Atlantic. [35] After Earhart returned to the United States she stayed with Dorothy and George in their house while writing her book, 20 Hrs. 40 Min. [32] The book was dedicated to "Dorothy Binney Putnam, under whose rooftree this book was written". [36]: 238
Amelia Earhart poses with her Lockheed Vega, the aircraft that helped many pilots in the late 1920s and 1930s set flying records. ... For six days, she was a banner headline in the New York Times ...
George Palmer Putnam (September 7, 1887 – January 4, 1950) was an American publisher, writer and explorer. Known for his marriage to (and being the widower of) Amelia Earhart, he had also achieved fame as one of the most successful promoters in the United States during the 1930s.
The Putnams lived in the house until 1914, and sold it in 1919. [5] The Putnams were divorced in 1929 and Mr. Putnam married famed aviator Amelia Earhart. [6] [3] Retaining its original character and charm, a majority of the historic fabric in the house is intact. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 29, 1998. [7]