Still Missing: Amelia Earhart and the Search for Modern Feminism

by Susan Ware

Book Overview

'Still Missing' is a fascinating biography of one of the most intriguing women of modern history. In it, Susan Ware recovers the parts of Earhart's life that have been obscured by the emphasis on her disappearance. Setting her in her place and times, Ware speaks of the woman who set aviation records, who endlessly promoted the ability of women to enter any and all professions, who served as a dynamic role model because of her charm and spirit. Ware's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393035514
• ISBN13: 9780393035513
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Fabulous

Susan Ware's biography of Amelia Earhart is engagingly written, never dull, and full of insights about how Earhart's life reflects the development of feminism in the United States. Anyone interested in women's biographies will find this book fascinating.